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The first dictionary definition of instant is “a precise moment in time”. That usage seems perfectly to fit how it’s used for a timestamp.
by zeroonetwothree 2y ago
The first dictionary definition of instant is “a precise moment in time”. That usage seems perfectly to fit how it’s used for a timestamp.
- layer8 2y agoThat might depend on your dictionary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/instant https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/instant In any case, it’s about how the word is normally used. In normal language you never say something like “those two instants are three hours apart”, or “three hours passed between the two instants”. In contrast, you would say something like that with “points in time”. For example. one can say “this was observed at two different points in time”. Nobody would say “this was observed at two different instants”.