How to have millisecond from current time ?

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Hi,

When creating log table, I want to record what time my method being called, up to millisecond.

At first I'm using this :

System.DateTime localDateTime = DateTimeUtil::applyTimeZoneOffset(DateTimeUtil::getSystemDateTime(), DateTimeUtil::getUserPreferredTimeZone());
logTable.ID = localDateTime.ToString('yyyyMMdd_HHmmss.fff');

This is no working, so change to this:

Also only give me 0 for he millisecond.

Some thread give idea to use WinAPI::GetTickcount(), https://community.dynamics.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=a7ca3807-2760-4b5e-bab8-7dce477659c6, but I think it is not suitable since it is normally for calculate process time between two tickCount.

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Martin Dráb 232,982 Most Valuable Professional on at

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How to have millisecond from current time ?

Teevo, the problem likely is that you're converting the System.DataTime value to utcDateTime (by using DateTimeUtil) and because utcDateTime doesn't support milliseconds, the information gets lost there.
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Yes,

I ended up using that instead.

Many thanks.
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Mohamed Amine Mahmoudi 22,108 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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How to have millisecond from current time ?

Hi @Teevo,

Try this (it worked for me)

System.DateTimeOffset dt = System.DateTimeOffset::Now; int ms = dt.Millisecond;

Best regards,

Mohamed Amine MAHMOUDI
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How to have millisecond from current time ?

Hi Martin,

When testing, I always get zero if using System.DateTime::Now().

I'm wondering whether I'm doing correctly or not ?

Here is my test :

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Martin Dráb 232,982 Most Valuable Professional on at

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How to have millisecond from current time ?

AX/F&O normally doesn't work with miliseconds, therefore I don't expect that getSystemDateTime() gives you this information. System.DateTime::Now should.
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Mohamed Amine Mahmoudi 22,108 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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How to have millisecond from current time ?

Hi @Teevo,

if you want to get milliseconds you can use DateTimeOffset

System.DateTimeOffset dt = System.DateTimeOffset::Now; int ms = dt.Millisecond;

Best regards,

Mohamed Amine MAHMOUDI
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Hi Layan,

Meaning like the first statement ?

System.DateTime localDateTime = DateTimeUtil::applyTimeZoneOffset(DateTimeUtil::getSystemDateTime(), DateTimeUtil::getUserPreferredTimeZone());
logTable.ID = localDateTime.ToString('yyyyMMdd_HHmmss.fff');

it's not working. or I did it wrongly ?
Layan Jwei 7,780 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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How to have millisecond from current time ?

Hi Teevo,

Did u try to use this directly?

DateTimeUtil::getSystemDateTime()

Thanks,

Layan Jweihan