more specifically, is there a way to get the curre...

# multiplatform

[menegatti]

more specifically, is there a way to get the current system time, such as in System.getCurrentTimeMillis()?

[cy]

Not yet. The only workaround for now is to use ktor's GMTDate

[cy]

kotlinx time is planned but not even started

[menegatti]

makes sense, thanks 👍

[thevery]

https://korlibs.soywiz.com/klock/

[Sabrina Namur]

or you could use expect/actual because java and kotlin/native both have this method (I don't know if js has this method bc I don't use it)

[addamsson]

Yea I'd go with the expect solution

[msink]

https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.system/get-time-millis.html

[einar]

The droidconKotlin app has an example of the expect solution for `currentTimeMillis`: https://github.com/touchlab/DroidconKotlin/blob/master/sessionize/lib/src/commonMain/kotlin/co/touchlab/sessionize/platform/Functions.kt#L9

[menegatti]

thanks, that's very helpful

[cy]

Well, it depends on what do you need but writing correct posix implementation is not that easy as write a single line of code

[msink]

Why posix? On Native targets it is in stdlib: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/blob/master/runtime/src/main/cpp/Porting.cpp#L265

[Dico]

Look in kotlin.system package, a multiplatform function like System.currentTimeMillis() exists for a start.