Hot answers tagged events
4
I don't follow, for date times the most recent date is the largest date.
Sample return by events
{
"event_type": "question_posted",
"event_id": 9369546,
"creation_date": 1329777738
},
{
"event_type": "comment_posted",
"event_id": 11832402,
"creation_date": 1329777736
}
1329777738 => Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:42:18 GMT
1329777736 => Mon, 20 Feb 2012 ...
2
The comments are more or less correct; caching applies to the /events endpoint just like every other method.
This is by design for now. We have looked at differing caching policies for /events and /inbox/* routes, as the minute lag on those methods is a bit heavy handed; though we still need to protect ourselves from abusive requests.
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