If you have all nodes using NTP then you can simply use the native Java SPI to get the current system time.
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Jane Wayne <jane.wayne2...@gmail.com>wrote: > hi all, > > is there a way to get the current time of a hadoop cluster via the > api? in particular, getting the time from the namenode or jobtracker > would suffice. > > i looked at JobClient but didn't see anything helpful. > -- Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, Niels Basjes
