# IRPCExportedDataSets.GetDataSetExportingReferenceTimestamp

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Badges: `Vault API / standard` `read` `session` `idempotent`

Gets the current server time, as the reference time for data set synchronization.

- **Service:** [Exported data sets](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCExportedDataSets/index.md) `MFiles.IRPCExportedDataSets`
- **gRPC method:** `/MFiles.IRPCExportedDataSets/GetDataSetExportingReferenceTimestamp`
- **HTTP (mf-http-grpc):** `POST /grpc/v1/get-data-set-exporting-reference-timestamp`
- **Request:** [`GetDataSetExportingReferenceTimestampRequest`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCExportedDataSets/GetDataSetExportingReferenceTimestamp/index.md#request)
- **Response:** [`GetDataSetExportingReferenceTimestampResponse`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCExportedDataSets/GetDataSetExportingReferenceTimestamp/index.md#response)
- **Book and level:** Vault API, standard
- **Kind:** read
- **Session:** Required: the session ID from LogIn in the mfiles-session-id-bin metadata.
- **Idempotent:** yes
- **Returns metadata structure version:** no
- **Streaming:** none (unary)

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## Remarks

- Requires a vault session. Does not need the Reporting module.

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## Request: GetDataSetExportingReferenceTimestampRequest

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## Response: GetDataSetExportingReferenceTimestampResponse

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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `current` | [`google.protobuf.Timestamp`](https://protobuf.dev/reference/protobuf/google.protobuf/#timestamp) | The current server time. |