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UUID.Timestamp Method

Definition

The timestamp value associated with this UUID.

[Android.Runtime.Register("timestamp", "()J", "")]
public long Timestamp ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("timestamp", "()J", "")>]
member this.Timestamp : unit -> int64

Returns

The timestamp of this UUID.

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Remarks

The timestamp value associated with this UUID.

The 60 bit timestamp value is constructed from the time_low, time_mid, and time_hi fields of this UUID. The resulting timestamp is measured in 100-nanosecond units since midnight, October 15, 1582 UTC.

The timestamp value is only meaningful in a time-based UUID, which has version type 1. If this UUID is not a time-based UUID then this method throws UnsupportedOperationException.

Java documentation for java.util.UUID.timestamp().

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Applies to