Document AlwaysOutputFractionalSeconds in scalars guide#9748
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Updates the HotChocolate v16 scalars guide to document the AlwaysOutputFractionalSeconds option for the built-in date/time scalars, clarifying the default serialization behavior and showing how to enable fixed-width fractional seconds output.
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- Added
AlwaysOutputFractionalSecondsto the list ofDateTimeOptionsconfiguration knobs for BCL-backed scalars. - Documented the default trailing-zero stripping behavior with an example and described how to override it.
- Updated the customization snippet to set
AlwaysOutputFractionalSeconds = truealongsideOutputPrecision.
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Summary
AlwaysOutputFractionalSecondsoption for theDateTime/LocalDateTime/LocalTimescalars in the v16 scalars guide.HotChocolate.Types.DateTimeOptionsand the NodaTime-backedHotChocolate.Types.NodaTime.DateTimeOptions: lists the option alongside the existing precision/validation knobs, explains the default trailing-zero-stripping behavior with an example, notes that the option is a no-op whenOutputPrecisionis0, and updates the customization snippet for both packages to show the option in use.