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[jira] [Commented] (LOG4J2-982) Use System.nanoTime() to measure
time intervals
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-982?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=14375053#comment-14375053 ]
Gary Gregory commented on LOG4J2-982:
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System.currentTimeMillis(), which can jump/slew forward and backwards.
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Where is this documented?
Thank you,
Gary
> Use System.nanoTime() to measure time intervals
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Key: LOG4J2-982
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-982
> Project: Log4j 2
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Core, Flume Appender
> Reporter: Mikhail Mazurskiy
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: LOG4J2-982.patch
>
>
> Unlike {{System.currentTimeMillis()}}, which can jump/slew forward and backwards, {{System.nanoTime()}} is a monotonic clock (at least it should be) and hence it should be used to measure time intervals (timeouts/delays/etc).
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