java - System Time is 10 Digit , How? -
i have question current system time. have software based on command line. when run software, shows me time @ both start , end of execution. ie
- start:
the current system time is: 1378258559
- end:
the current system time : 1378258570
i not know if time in seconds or minutes. how 1378258559
calculated? difference between 2 numbers 11
.
fyi, current date , time on system is: 04/09/2013 9:50 am
this website has calculator:
it number of seconds since january 1st, 1970 @ midnight gmt.
the 11, because took 11 seconds.
here's post explaining why 1970 chosen along definition:
- unix time, or posix time, system describing points in time, defined number of seconds elapsed since midnight proleptic coordinated universal time (utc) of january 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds.
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