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Tom Auger
Tom Auger

Reputation: 20131

new Date().time or new Date.getTime() returning negative number?

if I trace new Date().toUTCString() I get something like: Fri Aug 12 07:14:06 2011 UTC. perfect. If I trace new Date().getTime() I get some long negative number which is decreasing as I continue to trace it. This is totally unexpected. Obviously my system clock is OK. What gives?

Upvotes: 10

Views: 20509

Answers (2)

slott
slott

Reputation: 3335

What timezone are you in?

Are you by any chance in a time zone which is xxx seconds earlier than Greenwich?

Try setting the timezone to

timeFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("YOUR TIME ZONE HERE"));

Upvotes: 1

Constantiner
Constantiner

Reputation: 14221

new Date().getTime() returns time in milliseconds from January 1, 1970, universal time. It is positive number but I suppose you're using int to store it so Flash Player converts milliseconds to negative as far as it is more than int.MAX_VALUE. Use Number to store the value of new Date().getTime() and it will be positive.

Upvotes: 13

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