Lesson 3.2: Handling Time

Welcome to Lesson 3.2! In this lesson, you'll learn how to handle time in Cardano transactions.

Learning Objectives

After completing this lesson, you'll be able to:

• Handle time in transactions using the POSIXTimeRange data type.

• Describe how the time range works in Cardano while sending transactions to the blockchain.

• Restate how time validation works in Cardano transactions.

Additional Resources

To learn more about the topics covered in this lesson, we encourage you to review the following resources:

• Cardano Docs: Time handling on Cardano

• Time handling on Cardano, part 1. About Ouroboros and the importance of determinism

• Time handling on Cardano, part 2: use cases

Collaborate with the Pioneers Community

Remember that you can interact with the participants of the PPP through the IOG's technical community on Discord by joining the channels under the Plutus Pioneers category.

If during the program you have questions about Plutus, we invite you to share them at Cardano Stack Exchange (CSE) by adding the plutus-pioneer-program tag to your question. The IOG's Education Team members will monitor these questions to support your learning journey. Whenever you share a question at CSE, you're helping to build up the Cardano and Plutus development knowledge base.

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