get the unix timestamp from type 1 uuid

Question

In our java application we are trying to get the unix time from the type 1 uuid. But its not giving the correct date time values.

long time = uuid.timestamp(         


        

Answer 1

If you using datastax driver, it's:

UUIDs.unixTimestamp(uuid)

http://www.datastax.com/drivers/java/2.0/com/datastax/driver/core/utils/UUIDs.html#unixTimestamp(java.util.UUID)