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Re: System.currentTimeMillis problem

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From: Johan Forsberg
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 00:00
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Ernesto Basc�n Pantoja <bascone@estudiantes.ucbcba.edu.bo> skrev i
diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:380603D1.F4B4B480@estudiantes.ucbcba.edu.bo...
> I have a funny problem with System.currentTimeMillis(). I have the
following code to
> get the system current time:
>  public static String getStringTime()
>

>    long timemillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
>    Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
>    cal.setTime(new Date(timemillis));
>    return cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)  + ":" +
>             cal.get(Calendar.MINUTE) + ":" +
>             cal.get(Calendar.SECOND);
>  }
> Well, when I call this method in Win95 or Win98, the returned value is ONE
hour more
> than the current system time. I tested it in WinNT and it works fine.

Strange... It works for me (Win98). I just wanted to mention that a simpler
way of getting
the current time as a String is

  SimpleDateFormat sdf=new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
  return sdf.format(new Date());
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