JavaSystem.CurrentTimeMillis Method

Definition

Returns the current time in milliseconds.

[Android.Runtime.Register("currentTimeMillis", "()J", "")]
public static long CurrentTimeMillis ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("currentTimeMillis", "()J", "")>]
static member CurrentTimeMillis : unit -> int64

Returns

the difference, measured in milliseconds, between the current time and midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.

Attributes

Remarks

Returns the current time in milliseconds. Note that while the unit of time of the return value is a millisecond, the granularity of the value depends on the underlying operating system and may be larger. For example, many operating systems measure time in units of tens of milliseconds.

See the description of the class Date for a discussion of slight discrepancies that may arise between "computer time" and coordinated universal time (UTC).

Java documentation for java.lang.System.currentTimeMillis().

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Applies to