Hi folks. Any ideas as to why `Clock.System.now().toEpochMilliseconds()` returns time in UTC rather ...

# kotlinx-datetime

[Alexandru Gheorghe]

Hi folks. Any ideas as to why Clock.System.now().toEpochMilliseconds() returns time in UTC rather than local time? What was the rationale behind this behaviour?

[hfhbd]

Clock.now returns an Instant that is always in UTC. If you need a local time, you have to specify a time zone du to day light saving time and changing time zones.

[corneil]

Instant is a representation of time in UTC.
In order to have the time in a representation of a specific timezone Instant.toLocalDateTime can be used.
LocalDataTime can be converted to Instant by using LocalDateTime.toInstant(TimeZone)