Python: Get current time in milliseconds

Last update on April 22 2025 12:49:15 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

12. Time in Milliseconds

Write a Python program to get the current time in milliseconds in Python.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

# Import the time module
import time

# Get the current time in seconds since the epoch using time.time(),
# then multiply it by 1000 to convert seconds to milliseconds,
# round the result to the nearest integer, and store it in the variable 'milli_sec'
milli_sec = int(round(time.time() * 1000))

# Print the current time in milliseconds
print(milli_sec)

Output:

1494055960573

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

The code imports the "time" module.
Calculating milliseconds:

It retrieves the current time in seconds since the epoch (January 1, 1970) using "time.time()".
The current time in seconds is multiplied by 1000 to convert it to milliseconds, as there are 1000 milliseconds in a second.
The result is rounded to the nearest integer using the "round()" function to ensure a whole number.
The rounded value representing the current time in milliseconds is stored in the variable 'milli_sec'.

Finally it prints the value stored in 'milli_sec', which represents the current time in milliseconds since the epoch.

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