Converting Datetime to Epoch

Question

How to Convert Current Timestamp with millisecond to Epco.

I have Json array of Object, that object does not have an unique value So i was trying to get the Current Timestamp with Milliseconds and Convert to EPCO and Add in the Each a new node in each object.

The Below Code is not returning the unique value.

I referred this Link Converting from DateTime to Epoch - and back

Datetime dt = DateTime.getTime() ;
system.debug('Datetime ' + dt);
Long l = Datetime.now().getTime().millisecond();
system.debug('Long ' +l);
system.debug(DateTime.newInstance(l));

Datetime dt1 = DateTime.getTime() ;
system.debug('Datetime ' + dt1);
Long l1 = Datetime.now().getTime()();
system.debug('Long ' +l1);
system.debug(DateTime.newInstance(l1));

Answer 1

It's entirely possible to get the same millisecond for a number of calls, so your plan won't work if they're too close together. I wrote a simple script that was able to get the same millisecond 15-20 times in a row. Also, the logged millisecond does not exactly align to the value returned from DateTime.now(), lagging by about about 0.5 milliseconds in some cases.

Try Crypto.getRandomLong() to get random long values that shouldn't collide very frequently, if ever (it's not impossible, but nigh impossible). You may also use System.hashCode(), which calculates a value depending on the input, which should be unique if there are no duplicate values in your list.