[erlang-questions] Current time in milliseconds

[Essien Ita Essien]

Ahmed Ali wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I found now() function which returns {MegaSecs, Secs, Microsecs}. Now
> the next question is what is MegaSecs? and is Microsecs value is the
> number of microseconds in this second or is it also since zero hour
> (00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970)?

You're correct, erlang:now() calculates the time from the epoch (00:00 
GMT, January 1, 1970).

The result {Megasecs, Secs, Microsecs} is just a fractional 
representation for convenience, and can be converted to seconds by:

SecondsSinceEpoch = (Megasecs * 1000000) + Secs + (Microsecs / 1000000)

Hope that helps.

cheers,
Essien

> 
> Best regards,
> Ahmed
> 
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Ahmed Ali <ahmed.nawras@REDACTED> wrote:
>> Hi List,
>>
>> I'd like to get the current time in milliseconds. I've been looking
>> around but couldn't find a way to do this in Erlang. Can anyone please
>> help?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Ahmed
>>
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