Java中的时间精度

    在Java中可以通过System.currentTimeMillis()或者System.nanoTime() (JDK>=5.0) 方法获得当前的时间的精确值。但是通过阅读Javadoc，我们发现这两个方法并不一定保证得到你所期望的精度。先来看System.currentTimeMillis()：

Returns the current time in milliseconds. Note that while the unit of time of the return value is a millisecond, the granularity of the value depends on the underlying operating system and may be larger. For example, many operating systems measure time in units of tens of milliseconds.

诚如上面所说返回值的粒度依赖于底层操作系统，那么它在不同的平台上到底能提供是么样的精度，是否像函数名所写的那样真正 精 确到1毫秒呢？看下面一段测试程序：

public class ClockAccuracyTest {

    public static void main(String args[]) {

        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss:SSS");
        int size = 4000000;

        // create an array to hold millisecond times
        // and loop to capture them
        long times[] = new long[size];
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            times[i] = System.currentTimeMillis();
        }

        // now display the unique times
        long time = times[0];
        long previo