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package net.time4j.base;


/**
 * <p>Represents any UNIX timestamp. </p>
 *
 * @author  Meno Hochschild
 * @see     net.time4j.scale.TimeScale#POSIX
 */
/*[deutsch]
 * <p>Repräsentiert eine beliebige UNIX-Zeit. </p>
 *
 * @author  Meno Hochschild
 * @see     net.time4j.scale.TimeScale#POSIX
 */
public interface UnixTime {

    //~ Methoden ----------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * <p>Counts the seconds elapsed since UNIX epoch
     * [1970-01-01T00:00:00Z] in UTC timezone. </p>
     *
     * @return  count of seconds since UNIX-epoch at [1970-01-01T00:00:00Z]
     *          without leap seconds in the timezone UTC (Greenwich)
     */
    /*[deutsch]
     * <p>Liefert die Zeitkoordinate in Sekunden relativ zur UNIX-Epoche
     * [1970-01-01T00:00:00Z] in der UTC-Zeitzone. </p>
     *
     * @return  count of seconds since UNIX-epoch at [1970-01-01T00:00:00Z]
     *          without leap seconds in the timezone UTC (Greenwich)
     */
    long getPosixTime();

    /**
     * <p>Yields the nanosecond fraction of current second. </p>
     *
     * <p>As time unit, the nanosecond is defined as one billionth part of
     * a second). </p>
     *
     * @return  count of nanoseconds as fraction of last second in the
     *          range {@code 0 - 999.999.999}
     */
    /*[deutsch]
     * <p>Liefert den Nanosekundenbruchteil der letzten Sekunde. </p>
     *
     * <p>Als Zeiteinheit dient die Nanosekunde (1 Milliarde Nanosekunden
     * = 1 Sekunde). </p>
     *
     * @return  count of nanoseconds as fraction of last second in the
     *          range {@code 0 - 999.999.999}
     */
    int getNanosecond();

}