# Getting current unix time

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/getting-current-unix-time/5545>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [November 14, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/getting-current-unix-time/5545 "2018-11-14T20:13:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![JustACoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JustACoder](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JustACoder)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/getting-current-unix-time/5545/1 "2018-11-14T20:13:36Z")

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Okay I know that you can use millis() to get the time since your program started but how can I get the exact unix time?

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**Author:** ![PascalAudet](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/pascalaudet/32/1903_2.png) [@PascalAudet](https://discourse.processing.org/u/PascalAudet)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/getting-current-unix-time/5545/2 "2018-11-15T00:50:22Z")

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> [@JustACoder](#):
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> I get the exact unix time?

With : year()+“”+month()+“”+day()+“”+hour()+“”+minute()+“.”+millis();

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**Author:** ![neilcsmith](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/neilcsmith/32/144_2.png) [@neilcsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/u/neilcsmith)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/getting-current-unix-time/5545/3 "2018-11-15T09:50:23Z")

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Maybe check out [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/732034/getting-unixtime-in-java](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/732034/getting-unixtime-in-java)