This section provides a comprehensive description of the Timestamp Generator Rule.
For a summary of the rule and its compatibility with Privitar jobs and execution environments, see 
Masking Rule Types.
The supported data types for this rule are:
Timestamp
The value is replaced by a randomly generated timestamp, within a user-defined range, using a specified format. The default format is yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS. For example:
2019-10-21T21:34:21.254
The Start of timestamp range (inclusive) box is the earliest timestamp that can be randomly selected within the specified range.
The End of timestamp range (exclusive) box is the latest timestamp that can be randomly selected within the specified range.
The options are described in the following table:
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Timestamp Format | The format of the output is specified by a Date Format string for CSV file processing. The format that can be used is described Date and Timestamp formats. (For Avro, Parquet and Hive files the natively encoded format will be retained. |
Start of Timestamp range (inclusive) | Start of date range that is used to generate the random timestamp. The date is inclusive. That is, it includes the specified timestamp in the timestamp range. |
End of Timestamp range (exclusive) | End of date range that is used to generate the random timestamp. The date is exclusive. That is, it excludes the specified timestamp from the timestamp range. |