When System.nanotime() runs backwards

[mgianota]

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package gameloop; /**  *  * @author Mario  */ public class NanoTimeBackwards {     public static void main(String[] args) {         long diff = Long.MAX_VALUE - System.nanoTime();         long days = (diff / 1000000000L) / 60 / 60 / 24;         long years = days / 365;         System.out.println(                 "Your nano timer will run backwards in "+years+" years.");     } }

Edit: Oops, was multiplying instead of dividing.


--Mario

[Eli Delventhal]

Ha ha, clever.

[Riven]

actually.... 2^63 / 1.000.000.000 / 3600 / 24 / 365 = 292 years

due to cpu throttling, and multicore systems with each core having it's own time, System.nanoTime can go back in time ANY time.