Interface Instant

  • All Superinterfaces:
    StringBuilderFormattable
    All Known Implementing Classes:
    MutableInstant

    public interface Instant
    extends StringBuilderFormattable
    Models a point in time, suitable for event timestamps.

    Provides methods for obtaining high precision time information similar to the Instant class introduced in Java 8, while also supporting the legacy millisecond precision API.

    Depending on the platform, time sources (Clock implementations) may produce high precision or millisecond precision time values. At the same time, some time value consumers (for example timestamp formatters) may only be able to consume time values of millisecond precision, while some others may require a high precision time value.

    This class bridges these two time APIs.

    Since:
    2.11
    • Method Detail

      • getEpochSecond

        long getEpochSecond()
        Gets the number of seconds from the Java epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z.

        The epoch second count is a simple incrementing count of seconds where second 0 is 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. The nanosecond part of the day is returned by getNanoOfSecond().

        Returns:
        the seconds from the epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
      • getNanoOfSecond

        int getNanoOfSecond()
        Gets the number of nanoseconds, later along the time-line, from the start of the second.

        The nanosecond-of-second value measures the total number of nanoseconds from the second returned by getEpochSecond().

        Returns:
        the nanoseconds within the second, always positive, never exceeds 999,999,999
      • getEpochMillisecond

        long getEpochMillisecond()
        Gets the number of milliseconds from the Java epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z.

        The epoch millisecond count is a simple incrementing count of milliseconds where millisecond 0 is 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. The nanosecond part of the day is returned by getNanoOfMillisecond().

        Returns:
        the milliseconds from the epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
      • getNanoOfMillisecond

        int getNanoOfMillisecond()
        Gets the number of nanoseconds, later along the time-line, from the start of the millisecond.

        The nanosecond-of-millisecond value measures the total number of nanoseconds from the millisecond returned by getEpochMillisecond().

        Returns:
        the nanoseconds within the millisecond, always positive, never exceeds 999,999