/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
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*
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*
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*
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*/
package org.geotools.data.postgis;
import java.util.Date;
/**
* Used internally by PostGIS dialect to signal the use of the "bigdate" domain type.
* <p>
* This type is used to store a date as a raw long value in order to provide a greather range of
* date values than the built in postgresql timestamp types. Using a raw long allows for representing
* a date range of approximately +- 290 million.
* </p>
*/
class BigDate extends Date {
private BigDate(long milliseconds) {
super(milliseconds);
}
}