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Article #988Re: System Time-Millis
From: Vander
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:34
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:34
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I must disagree, the docs are not precise! A difference is between two points, here in the continuum of time. :) "midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC" is one of these points, where is the other? All that is said is "current time". But what is current time? It could be UTC again or some local time, adding an offset to the UTC value. The Date class doesn't bring more light on that topic either. - Vander Tad Frysinger wrote: > Vander wrote: > >> May sound stupid, but there is an uncertainty about the funktion >> >> System.currentTimeMillis() >> >> It is not said in the documentation whether the resulting value >> reflects the current UTC time or the current local time. Any further >> help there? >> >> - Vander >> > My docs say that it is "the difference, measured in milliseconds, > between the current time and midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC". > > Further, it says to review the Date class doc for more info. That doc > also implies it is UTC, but in a "modified" way. > > Tad Frysinger (TeamB)
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