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OpenTelemetry Span Timestamps: No Time‑Zone Context for Local Display

Problem Statement OpenTelemetry records span start and end times as 64‑bit nanosecond epoch values (e.g., start_time_unix_nano ), which are implicitly UTC. The core specification does not attach a time‑zone identifier or civil date string to these timestamps. Unresolved Decision When a trace is consumed by a UI or exporter, the same epoch value may be render

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