No, currently, there is no way to get that from the JobClient. Yes, please submit a patch.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Wyckoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:21 AM > To: core-user@hadoop.apache.org > Subject: Getting jobTracker startTime from the JobClient > > > Hi, > > I want to get the time the JobTracker was started (Not the > time an individual job was started). > > Is there a way from the JobClient? I see you can get a > ClusterStatus Object, but it doesn't include the > JobTracker.getStartTime() variable. > > Is there another way to do this or should I open a JIRA and > submit a patch?? > > Thanks, pete > > > >