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Timestamp pallet

Derived from live runtime metadata on TRN root (pallet index 2, captured 2026-05-02). For prose-style documentation see Timestamp on the curated reference side.

Pallet index
2
Calls
1
Events
0
Errors
0
Storage items
2
Constants
1

Calls (extrinsics)

Timestamp.set

See [Pallet::set].

ts
api.tx.timestamp.set(now: Compact<u64>)
ArgumentTypeDoc
nowCompact&lt;u64&gt;T::Moment

Call index: 0

Storage

Timestamp.Now

Current time for the current block.

ts
await api.query.timestamp.now()

Returns: u64

Modifier: Default

Timestamp.DidUpdate

Did the timestamp get updated in this block?

ts
await api.query.timestamp.didUpdate()

Returns: bool

Modifier: Default

Constants

Timestamp.MinimumPeriod

The minimum period between blocks. Beware that this is different to the expected period that the block production apparatus provides. Your chosen consensus system will generally work with this to determine a sensible block time. e.g. For Aura, it will be double this period on default settings.

Type: u64
SCALE-encoded value: 0xd007000000000000

Source: live chain metadata from wss://root.rootnet.live/archive/ws · captured 2026-05-02

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