How can I get the count of milliseconds since midnight for the current?

Question

Note, I do NOT want millis from epoch. I want the number of milliseconds currently on the clock.

So for example, I have this bit of code.

Date date2 = ne         


        

Answer 1

Use Calendar

Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.MILLISECOND);

or

Calendar c=Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTime(new Date()); /* whatever*/
//c.setTimeZone(...); if necessary
c.get(Calendar.MILLISECOND);

In practise though I think it will nearly always equal System.currentTimeMillis()%1000; unless someone has leap-milliseconds or some calendar is defined with an epoch not on a second-boundary.