For what it's intended purpose is, it could just be a simple incrementing serial number. And then for brevity, they could have included a date string. Encoding complex stuff in int's is not generally required anymore, since memory constraints are no longer an issue. Even in the embedded space, memory exceeds what was available in mainframes 50 years ago.
For what it's intended purpose is, it could just be a simple incrementing serial number. And then for brevity, they could have included a date string. Encoding complex stuff in int's is not generally required anymore, since memory constraints are no longer an issue. Even in the embedded space, memory exceeds what was available in mainframes 50 years ago.
I would have just done with a datetime since every update could just have it's own, you know, datetime of being published. KISS
I would have just done with a datetime since every update could just have it's own, you know, datetime of being published. KISS
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