Time Instant

Definition

Time Instant. A temporal entity that is a member of a time scale, with no extent or duration

For scales that have a granularity specified in days, a date is a time point; for scales down to the seconds, the equivalent of an xsd:dateTime or xsd:dateTimeStamp is a time point.

Example

The Battle of Hastings was on '14 October 1066'. (This gives the Julian date of the battle at a granularity of 'day'. If desired, the battle could be given more precisely as a time period within that calendar day.)

Synonyms

• Instant In Time

See Also

• http://www.omg.org/spec/DTV/
• https://www.w3.org/TR/owl-time/#time:Instant

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