public sealed class Span.Types.TimeEvent : IMessage<Span.Types.TimeEvent>, IEquatable<Span.Types.TimeEvent>, IDeepCloneable<Span.Types.TimeEvent>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Trace v2 API class Span.Types.TimeEvent.
A time-stamped annotation or message event in the Span.
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Class Span.Types.TimeEvent (3.6.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [3.6.0 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types.TimeEvent)\n- [3.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/3.5.0/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types.TimeEvent)\n- [3.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/3.4.0/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types.TimeEvent)\n- [3.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/3.3.0/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types.TimeEvent)\n- [3.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/3.2.0/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types.TimeEvent)\n- [3.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/3.1.0/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types.TimeEvent)\n- [3.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/3.0.0/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types.TimeEvent)\n- [2.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/2.3.0/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types.TimeEvent)\n- [2.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/2.2.0/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types.TimeEvent) \n\n public sealed class Span.Types.TimeEvent : IMessage\u003cSpan.Types.TimeEvent\u003e, IEquatable\u003cSpan.Types.TimeEvent\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cSpan.Types.TimeEvent\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Trace v2 API class Span.Types.TimeEvent.\n\nA time-stamped annotation or message event in the Span. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e Span.Types.TimeEvent \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[Span](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types)[TimeEvent](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types.TimeEvent), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[Span](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types)[TimeEvent](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types.TimeEvent), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[Span](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types)[TimeEvent](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2.Span.Types.TimeEvent), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.Trace.V2](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Trace.V2)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Trace.V2.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### TimeEvent()\n\n public TimeEvent()\n\n### TimeEvent(TimeEvent)\n\n public TimeEvent(Span.Types.TimeEvent other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### Annotation\n\n public Span.Types.TimeEvent.Types.Annotation Annotation { get; set; }\n\nText annotation with a set of attributes.\n\n### MessageEvent\n\n public Span.Types.TimeEvent.Types.MessageEvent MessageEvent { get; set; }\n\nAn event describing a message sent/received between Spans.\n\n### Time\n\n public Timestamp Time { get; set; }\n\nThe timestamp indicating the time the event occurred.\n\n### ValueCase\n\n public Span.Types.TimeEvent.ValueOneofCase ValueCase { get; }"]]
