<p>What does it mean when the <code>creationTimestamp</code> for the template is <code>null</code>?</p>

<pre><code>"template": {
          "metadata": {
            "creationTimestamp": null,
            "labels": {
              "name": "kube-template"
            }
          },
</code></pre>

<p>The template in the ReplicationControllerSpec defines the template for a Pod that the ReplicationController <em>will</em> create, but since it's an abstract <em>template</em>, it doesn't make sense for it to have a creation time. Once the ReplicationController creates a pod, the CreationTimestamp will be set to the time the Pod was created at.</p>

<p>The ReplicationController also has its own metadata (not in the template) which should include the CreationTime of the ReplicationController object.</p>
