Hi,
I am storing 1000's of datasets of different types. In particular two of
my types are LONG(any long) and DATETIME(long value representing #nano
seconds since UNIX EPOCH). While I experiment LONG uses the
H5T_STD_I64BE datatype and currently DATETIME uses H5T_STD_I64LE so I
can use the endian flag to distinguish between the two.
Now when this data is read by various systems (in particular Java) and I
am looking for an intuitive and efficient way to distinguish between
these two datatypes. My current options are:
1. Make DATETIME signed and change EPOCH to 1900 or something.
2. Maked DATATIME little endian, as above.
3. Use a committed datatype.
Have I missed something and is there an alternative way to achieve this?
Thanks,
Matt
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