2 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tai64n/tai64n.go b/tai64n/tai64n.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tai64n/tai64n.go
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+package tai64n
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const TimestampSize = 12
+const base = uint64(4611686018427387914)
+
+type Timestamp [TimestampSize]byte
+
+func Now() Timestamp {
+	var tai64n Timestamp
+	now := time.Now()
+	secs := base + uint64(now.Unix())
+	nano := uint32(now.UnixNano())
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(tai64n[:], secs)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(tai64n[8:], nano)
+	return tai64n
+}
+
+func (t1 Timestamp) After(t2 Timestamp) bool {
+	return bytes.Compare(t1[:], t2[:]) > 0
+}
diff --git a/tai64n/tai64n_test.go b/tai64n/tai64n_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..389b65c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tai64n/tai64n_test.go
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+package tai64n
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+/* Testing the essential property of the timestamp
+ * as used by WireGuard.
+ */
+func TestMonotonic(t *testing.T) {
+	old := Now()
+	for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ {
+		time.Sleep(time.Nanosecond)
+		next := Now()
+		if !next.After(old) {
+			t.Error("TAI64N, not monotonically increasing on nano-second scale")
+		}
+		old = next
+	}
+}