Get Current Timestamp in Android Guide

In Android, you can use the System.currentTimeMillis() method to get the current timestamp. This method returns a long value, representing the number of milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970.

Here is an example code showing how to obtain the current timestamp.

long currentTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();

You can use this timestamp for various operations that require time marking, such as timing, recording events, and so on.

Please note that System.currentTimeMillis() returns a timestamp in milliseconds. If you need to get a timestamp in seconds, you can divide the above result by 1000 to get a timestamp in seconds.

long currentTimeSeconds = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000;

This way, the current timestamp in seconds is obtained.

Additionally, you can use the classes from java.util.Date and java.time package to obtain the current timestamp, but these classes are typically used for more advanced date and time operations. For simpler scenarios, using System.currentTimeMillis() is sufficient.