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====== SetTimestamp Element Documentation ======

===== NAME =====

**SetTimestamp** -- Click element;
store the time in the packet's timestamp annotation

===== SYNOPSIS =====

SetTimestamp([TIMESTAMP, //keyword// FIRST, DELTA])

**Ports**: 1 input, 1 output\\ 
**Processing**: agnostic\\ 
**Package**: standard (core)\\ 

===== DESCRIPTION =====

Store the specified TIMESTAMP in the packet's timestamp annotation. If
TIMESTAMP is not specified, then sets the annotation to the system time when
the packet arrived at the SetTimestamp element.
Keyword arguments are:


 ? **FIRST**
 ! Boolean.  If true, then set the packet's "first timestamp" annotation, not its
timestamp annotation.  Default is true.

 ? **DELTA**
 ! Boolean.  If true, then set the packet's timestamp annotation to the
difference between its current timestamp annotation and its "first timestamp"
annotation.  Default is false.


===== SEE ALSO =====

[[StoreTimestamp]], [[PrintOld]]


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