Here you can find the source of nanoTime()
public static long nanoTime()
//package com.java2s; /*/* w w w . j a va 2s .c om*/ * Scalyr client library * Copyright 2012 Scalyr, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * Value which must be added to System.nanoTime() to yield # of nanoseconds since the epoch. */ private static Long nanoTimeOffset = null; /** * Equivalent to System.nanoTime(), but based off the 1/1/1970 epoch like currentTimeMillis(). * Does not respect setCustomTimeMs. */ public static long nanoTime() { return System.nanoTime() + nanoTimeOffset; } }