Question

I’m using System.currentTimeMillis(); to get the current time for my ‘modified’ db field. I’m converting it to unix epoch by dividing it by 1000.
However, even when the phone’s / emulator’s date and time are set to true time, the value stored in the db is 2 hours earlier than true time.

I’m in GMT+2, but I can’t find how this is affecting.

Doesn’t System.currentTimeMillis(); get the current time for the current time settings ?

Answer 1

use Calendar.getInstance() instead, as this:

Calendar curTime = Calendar.getInstance();

This curTime object will be locale-specific.

From the API, in regards to currentTimeMillis()

This method shouldn’t be used for measuring timeouts or other elapsed time measurements, as changing the system time can affect the results.