Java get timestamp:
// method 1
System.currentTimeMillis();
// method 2
Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis();
// method 3
new Date().getTime();
Test code:
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
public class TestGetTimestamp {
public static void main(String[] args) {
long currentTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("currentTimeMillis = " + currentTimeMillis);
long timeInMillis = Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis();
System.out.println("currentTimeMillis = " + timeInMillis);
long time = new Date().getTime();
System.out.println("currentTimeMillis = " + time);
}
}
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Three ways to perform efficiency testing.
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
public class TestGetTimeEffectiv {
private static long TEN_THOUSAND=10000;
public static void main(String[] args) {
long times = 1000 * TEN_THOUSAND;
long t1=System.currentTimeMillis();
testSystem(times);
long t2=System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("System.currentTimeMillis time = " + (t2-t1));
testCalander(times);
long t3=System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis time = " + (t3-t2));
testDate(times);
long t4=System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("new Date().getTime() time = " + (t4-t3));
}
public static void testSystem(long times) {
for(int i=0;i<times;i++){
long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
}
}
public static void testCalander(long times) {
for(int i=0;i<times;i++){
long currentTime= Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis();
}
}
public static void testDate(long times) {
for(int i=0;i<times;i++){
long currentTime=new Date().getTime();
}
}
}
Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis() is the slowest, because Canlendar takes more time to deal with time zone issues.