how to exclude the nano second from time?

# kotlinx-datetime

[SanjayKarki]

how to exclude the nano second from time?

[Jeff Lockhart]

Instant.fromEpochMilliseconds(timeWithNanos.toEpochMilliseconds())

[SanjayKarki]

i am using like this

val timeNow: LocalTime = Clock.System.now().toLocalDateTime(TimeZone.currentSystemDefault()).time

and i dont want the last . value

[Jeff Lockhart]

val timeNow: LocalTime = Instant.fromEpochMilliseconds(
    Clock.System.now().toEpochMilliseconds()
).toLocalDateTime(TimeZone.currentSystemDefault()).time

[SanjayKarki]

it still shows me time in this format 125005.352 i just want 125003 or just 12:50 can be a good for me

[Jeff Lockhart]

Those are milliseconds. You can truncate any amount you want using the same pattern.

val timeNow: LocalTime = Instant.fromEpochMilliseconds(
    Clock.System.now().epochSeconds
).toLocalDateTime(TimeZone.currentSystemDefault()).time

[Jeff Lockhart]

You can also truncate the string.

[SanjayKarki]

thanks you for the help @Jeff Lockhart i am going with this approach is this good or bad?

val now : Instant = Clock.System.now()
 val currentTimeSelected: LocalTime = now.toLocalDateTime(TimeZone.currentSystemDefault()).time

val timeNow: String = "${currentTimeSelected.hour}:${currentTimeSelected.minute}:${currentTimeSelected.second}"

[Jeff Lockhart]

It depends on your use case. If that's the exact format you want and you don't care about localization, then it should work ok.

[SanjayKarki]

Thanks for the help and feedback @Jeff Lockhart you are awesome