public sealed class Interval : IMessage<Interval>, IEquatable<Interval>, IDeepCloneable<Interval>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Represents a time interval, encoded as a Timestamp start (inclusive) and a
Timestamp end (exclusive).
The start must be less than or equal to the end.
When the start equals the end, the interval is empty (matches no time).
When both start and end are unspecified, the interval matches any time.
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Exclusive end of the interval.\n\nIf specified, a Timestamp matching this interval will have to be before the\nend.\n\n### Parser\n\n public static MessageParser\u003cInterval\u003e Parser { get; }\n\n### StartTime\n\n public Timestamp StartTime { get; set; }\n\nOptional. Inclusive start of the interval.\n\nIf specified, a Timestamp matching this interval will have to be the same\nor after the start.\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### CalculateSize()\n\n public int CalculateSize()\n\n### Clone()\n\n public Interval Clone()\n\n### Equals(Interval)\n\n public bool Equals(Interval other)\n\n### Equals(object)\n\n public override bool Equals(object other)\n\n**Overrides** \n[object.Equals(object)](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.equals#system-object-equals(system-object))\n\n### GetHashCode()\n\n public override int GetHashCode()\n\n**Overrides** \n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode)\n\n### MergeFrom(CodedInputStream)\n\n public void MergeFrom(CodedInputStream input)\n\n### MergeFrom(Interval)\n\n public void MergeFrom(Interval other)\n\n### ToString()\n\n public override string ToString()\n\n**Overrides** \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\n### WriteTo(CodedOutputStream)\n\n public void WriteTo(CodedOutputStream output)"]]
