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Lua - Current time in milliseconds

Hi, another Lua question: Is there a common way to get the current time in or with milliseconds? There is os.time(), but it only provides full seconds. ...

C++ obtaining milliseconds time on Linux -- clock() doesn't seem to work properly

On Windows, clock() returns the time in milliseconds, but on this Linux box I'm working on, it rounds it to the nearest 1000 so the precision is only to the "second" level and not to the milliseconds level. I found a solution with Qt using the QTime class, instantiating an object and calling start() on it then calling elapsed() to get t...

How do I create a datetime in Python from milliseconds?

I can create a similar Date object in Java by java.util.Date(milliseconds). How do I create the comparable in Python? ...

How to get a DateDiff-Value in milliseconds in VBA (Excel) ?

I need to calculate the difference between two timestamps in milliseconds. Unfortunatley, the DateDiff-function of VBA does not offer this precision. Are there any workarounds? Thanks in advance! ...

Getting unix timestamp in milliseconds in PHP5 and Actionscript3

In Actionscript, the Unix timestamp in milliseconds is obtainable like this: public static function getTimeStamp():uint { var now:Date = new Date(); return now.getTime(); } The doc clearly states the following: getTime():Number Returns the number of milliseconds since midnight January 1, 1970, universa...

How do I get milliseconds since midnight UTC in C?

The time function in time.h gives milliseconds since the epoch. ...

ASP: convert milliseconds to date

I need to convert a field with milliseconds created by PHP app to a date value. Is there a way to do this using vbcript? or convert to datetime in SQL 2005 Example: 1113192000 to mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss Thanks, Sam ...

How do I get elapsed time in milliseconds in Ruby?

If I have a Time object got from : Time.now and later I instantiate another object with that same line, how can I see how many milliseconds have passed? The second object may be created that same minute, over the next minutes or even hours. ...

VBA - show clock time with accuracy of less than a second

Is there a way to use VBA (excel) to generate a clock time with accuracy to a tenth of a second or less? eg: Sub test() MsgBox Format(Time, "hh:mm:ss???") 'not sure what this format should be... End Sub ...

SAS informat datetime milliseconds

Can SAS store and use datetimes that contain fractions of less than 1/10th of a second? eg: data _null_; input @1 from_dt:datetime22.; put from_dt= ; cards; 24Sep2009:11:21:19.856 ; run; ...

Is it possible to change the base millisecond refrence time 1970 to 2008 in java (like JSR-310)

I want to be able to change the base millisecond reference from 1970 to 2008 in java so that I can save space in the database and unique Ids. Preferably with Joda-Time. The upcoming jsr-310 in the supposed java 7 release implements it. In the The Discrete Timeline section of this link it states that the counting of milliseconds has ch...

Date vs Milliseconds | for scalablility, saving, searching and obtaining time in Java + MySQL(or other Db's)

Which is the most beneficial in Java and a DB for DateTime? (Using JodaTime as Date) (DateTime object (Java) + TIMESTAMP (DB) ) VS (Milliseconds long (Java) + BIGINT(DB) for the use of DateTime information in Java Web application backed by an underlying Database Areas of interest manipulating, processing and memory usage in Java s...

A better way to construct a datetime with higher precision than milliseconds

I have just gone through an unexpectedly convoluted process to define datetimes. The underlying data has a better precision than milliseconds. I ended up constructing an intermediate datetime to the nearest second, reading it's value in ticks (10 000 to the millisecond), adjusting the ticks then creating the datetime that I actually wa...

How to store fractions of a second in mysql

Hey, I would like to store time data accurate to the centisecond. The mySQL manual states that all stored values will be rounded. I see two decent options. The time above the decimal place can be stored as TIME, and below the decimal can be stored as a TINYINT. The other option might be to shift all the values up so that HH:MM:SS:cc...

What is the correct string format of the datetime with milliseconds from javascript to c# code

This will result to an error because c# variable testDate is different in format from the Javascript variable testDate jquery: $.getJson url= "/Home/GetJasonData" testDate = '1/1/2009 10:01:01:123' controller: void GetJasonData(DateTime testDate) { } ...

Oracle cast(timestamp as date)

I see incosistency in Oracle. The inconsistensy is between the way INSERT timestamp data_type value into DATE data_type column works compared to the way CAST(timestamp as DATE) works. INSERT appears to simply cut off the milliseconds out of the timestamp value while CAST rounds them up to the closest second. Example: 1)TEMP TABLE crea...

System.currentTimeMillis() returns always 0 on Motorola Droid

The call to System.currentTimeMillis() returns always 0 on Motorola Droid, Android 2.0. There is no mentioning in changes to System in the API differences between 2.0 and 1.5, so either it was missed somehow or this is a Droid dependency. Does anyone know how to get the currentTimeMillis in a way that satisfies Android 1.5, Android 2.0,...

How do I format an amount of milliseconds into minutes:seconds:milliseconds in PHP?

I have a total ammount of milliseconds (ie 70370) and I want to display it as minutes:seconds:milliseconds ie 00:00:0000. How can I do this in PHP? ...

The C `clock()` function just returns a zero

The C clock() function just returns me a zero. I tried using different types, with no improvement... Is this a good way to measure time with good precision? #include <time.h> #include <stdio.h> int main() { clock_t start, end; double cpu_time_used; char s[32]; start = clock(); printf("\nSleeping 3 seconds...\n\n"...

[r] How to parse milliseconds in R?

How do I use strptime or any other functions to parse timestamps with milliseconds in R? > time[1] [1] "2010-01-15 13:55:23.975" > strptime(time[1], format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f") [1] NA > strptime(time[1], format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") [1] "2010-01-15 13:55:23"` ...