Time in Milliseconds

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How does one retrieve current time in milliseconds? now() returns time in seconds.

I know that you can use fc::time_point::now() from fc/time.hpp, but that include does not seem to work in contracts.

I would like to see an example too, but it seems it should be possible via eos/contracts/eosiolib/time.hpp which has a time_point() operator in its block_timestamp class. This computes the time by multiplying 500ms by the slot id, which increments each block. — Aaron Voelker, Commented May 22, 2018 at 17:17
Just realized you said milliseconds. I don't know if this would be possible in the smart contact, because determinism? Seconds work because blocks are clocked to 0.5s intervals. — Aaron Voelker, Commented May 22, 2018 at 18:51

John Williamson · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-23 04:17:22Z

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From Dan Larimer himself when you asked in the EOS Developer telegram

current_time() returns time in microseconds (rounded to block time)

answered May 23, 2018 at 4:17

John Williamson

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Yes, so essentially you can only get time at a resolution of 0.5s
– Syed Jafri
Commented May 23, 2018 at 6:54

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