# Max value millis()

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**Created:** [May 2, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/max-value-millis/41887 "2023-05-02T15:51:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Christian](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Christian)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/max-value-millis/41887/1 "2023-05-02T15:51:31Z")

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Hello! I’m wondering what the maximum value of millis() is?

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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/max-value-millis/41887/2 "2023-05-02T16:18:48Z")

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Hello @Christian,

See Reference:

- [millis() / Reference / Processing.org](https://processing.org/reference/millis_.html) (returns an `int`)

Size:

- [Primitive Data Types (The Java™ Tutorials \> Learning the Java Language \> Language Basics)](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/datatypes.html)
- [Chapter&nbsp;4.&nbsp;Types, Values, and Variables](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se17/html/jls-4.html)

`:)`

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**Author:** ![Christian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Christian](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Christian)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/max-value-millis/41887/3 "2023-05-02T18:29:18Z")

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Thanks a lot for your answer, @glv!