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currentTimeMillis () yoix.system
 
Returns the number of milliseconds, as a double, that have elapsed since 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970.
 
 Example:   The program,
import yoix.stdio.*;
import yoix.system.*;
import yoix.thread.*;

double  start = currentTimeMillis();

sleep(.5);
printf("elapsed milliseconds %g\n", currentTimeMillis() - start);
should print a number slightly larger than 500 on standard output.
 
 Return:   double
 
 See Also:   date, nanoTime, parseDate, parseTimer, sleep, time, timerFormat

 

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