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Guidelines for Defining Packet Timestamps
RFC 8877

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2022-07-28
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (removed Errata tag (all errata rejected))
2022-07-06
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Errata tag)
2020-09-23
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8877, changed abstract to 'Various network protocols make use of binary-encoded timestamps that are incorporated …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8877, changed abstract to 'Various network protocols make use of binary-encoded timestamps that are incorporated in the protocol packet format, referred to as "packet timestamps" for short.  This document specifies guidelines for defining packet timestamp formats in networking protocols at various layers.  It also presents three recommended timestamp formats.  The target audience of this document includes network protocol designers.  It is expected that a new network protocol that requires a packet timestamp will, in most cases, use one of the recommended timestamp formats.  If none of the recommended formats fits the protocol requirements, the new protocol specification should specify the format of the packet timestamp according to the guidelines in this document.', changed pages to 17, changed standardization level to Informational, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2020-09-23, changed IESG state to RFC Published)
2020-09-23
(System) RFC published