How to get currentTimeMillis on K/N?

# kotlin-native

[Big Chungus]

How to get currentTimeMillis on K/N?

[aleksey.tomin]

macOS, linux

val nowMilleeconds = memScoped {
        val timeVal = alloc<timeval>()
        gettimeofday(timeVal.ptr, null)
        val sec = timeVal.tv_sec
        val usec = timeVal.tv_usec
        (sec * 1_000L) + (usec / 1_000L)
    }

Windows

val nowMilleeconds = memScoped {
        val timeVal = alloc<timeval>()
        mingw_gettimeofday(timeVal.ptr, null) // mingw: doesn't expose gettimeofday, but mingw_gettimeofday
        val sec = timeVal.tv_sec
        val usec = timeVal.tv_usec
        (sec * 1_000L) + (usec / 1_000L)
    }

[Big Chungus]

Can't I just use

kotlin.system.getTimeMillis()

Or is that not the same?

[aleksey.tomin]

It’s not a “unixtime”

only delta between two subsequent calls makes sense.

[Big Chungus]

I see, how would I get that on IOS, then?

[Erik Christensen]

iOS is the same as macOS.