The WindowTime operator groups the notifications of the source sequence into new observable sequences, where each window contains the elements emitted during the specified TimeSpan. The overlap between the elements in each window can be controlled using the TimeShift property.

If no TimeShift is provided, the windows will be strictly non-overlapping, with a new window beginning when the previous window ends. If TimeShift is smaller than TimeSpan, windows will be overlapping, with a new buffer created every TimeShift interval. Finally, if TimeShift is larger than TimeSpan, there will be a time gap between each window where elements from the source sequence may be dropped.

Note

You can manipulate and schedule each of the windows downstream using other higher-order operators such as Merge, Concat or Switch.