On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 3:57 PM, String wrote:
> On Apr 28, 7:31 am, Vincent Tsao wrote:
>
> > As you know, i can use System.currentTimeMillis() to fetch current local
> > time, but how to convert local time to UTC time?
>
> Are you sure that currentTimeMillis() gives you local time? It's
> documented as "the current system time in milliseconds since January
> 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC." From that description, I'd expect it to return
> a raw millisecond count; there's no timezone offset involved. If
> anything, it's going to be UTC, but in truth, it isn't inherently in
> *any* time zone.
>
> It all depends on what you're wanting to do with the timestamp. We
> probably need more information to guide you here.
>
> String
>
>
hi String, i have misunderstand this description "return the local system
time in milliseconds" in doc. and ask this stupid question, sorry for that.
thanks for your response
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