Java System.nanoTime()

Syntax

System.nanoTime() has the following syntax.

public static long nanoTime()

Example

In the following code shows how to use System.nanoTime() method.


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public class Main {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // returns the current value of the system timer, in nanoseconds
      System.out.print("time in nanoseconds = ");
      System.out.println(System.nanoTime());
    
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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