6.12. Time display formats and time references

Wireshark 2.1

6.12. Time display formats and time references

  • Date and Time of Day: 1970-01-01 01:02:03.123456 The absolute date and time of the day when the packet was captured.
  • Time of Day: 01:02:03.123456 The absolute time of the day when the packet was captured.
  • Seconds Since Beginning of Capture: 123.123456 The time relative to the start of the capture file or the first “Time Reference” before this packet (see Section 6.12.1, “Packet time referencing”).
  • Seconds Since Previous Captured Packet: 1.123456 The time relative to the previous captured packet.
  • Seconds Since Previous Displayed Packet: 1.123456 The time relative to the previous displayed packet.
  • Seconds Since Epoch (1970-01-01): 1234567890.123456 The time relative to epoch (midnight UTC of January 1, 1970).
  • Automatic The timestamp precision of the loaded capture file format will be used (the default).
  • Seconds, Deciseconds, Centiseconds, Milliseconds, Microseconds or Nanoseconds The timestamp precision will be forced to the given setting. If the actually available precision is smaller, zeros will be appended. If the precision is larger, the remaining decimal places will be cut off.

6.12.1. Packet time referencing

  • Set Time Reference (toggle) Toggles the time reference state of the currently selected packet to on or off.
  • Find Next Find the next time referenced packet in the “Packet List” pane.
  • Find Previous Find the previous time referenced packet in the “Packet List” pane.
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