Here you can find the source of getCurrentTimeMillis()
public static long getCurrentTimeMillis()
//package com.java2s; /*//w w w . j a va2 s.c o m * This file is part of dzlib, licensed under the MIT License (MIT). * * Copyright (c) 2014 Oliver Stanley <http://ollie.pw> * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; public class Main { /** * Gets the current time in milliseconds, converting from the nanoseconds * returned by {@link System#nanoTime()} with {@link TimeUnit#convert(long, * TimeUnit)} * * @return the current time, in milliseconds */ public static long getCurrentTimeMillis() { return TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(System.nanoTime(), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS); } }