@@ -55,8 +55,19 @@
</column>
<column name="nb_cfg_timestamp">
- The timestamp (ms) when <code>ovn-northd</code> sees the latest
- <code>nb_cfg</code> and starts processing.
+ <p>
+ The timestamp, in milliseconds since the epoch, when
+ <code>ovn-northd</code> sees the latest <code>nb_cfg</code> and starts
+ processing.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ To print the timestamp as a human-readable date:
+ </p>
+
+ <pre>
+ date -d "@$(ovn-nbctl get NB_Global . nb_cfg_timestamp | sed 's/...$//')"
+ </pre>
</column>
<column name="sb_cfg">
@@ -66,7 +77,8 @@
</column>
<column name="sb_cfg_timestamp">
- The timestamp (ms) when <code>ovn-northd</code> finishes applying the
+ The timestamp, in milliseconds since the epoch, when
+ <code>ovn-northd</code> finishes applying the
corresponding configuration changes to the <ref db="OVN_Southbound"/>
database successfully.
</column>
@@ -82,7 +94,8 @@
</column>
<column name="hv_cfg_timestamp">
- The largest timestamp (ms) of the smallest sequence number of all the
+ The largest timestamp, in milliseconds since the epoch, of the smallest
+ sequence number of all the
chassis in the system, as reported in the <code>Chassis_Private</code>
table in the southbound database. In other words, this timestamp
reflects the time when the slowest chassis catches up with the
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org> --- ovn-nb.xml | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)