getUTCTime

getUTCTime(): TimeStamp;

The getUTCTime method of the Application class returns the current UTC time for the machine on which the method executes.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) has been replaced as the world standard time by Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which is based on atomic measurements rather than the rotation of the Earth. (GMT remains the standard time zone for the Prime Meridian, or zero longitude.)

For details about getting the current UTC bias (in minutes) of a specified node for local translation, see the Application class currentUTCBias method and the TimeStamp primitive type localToUTCTime, localToUTCTimeUsingBias, utcToLocalTime, and utcToLocalTimeUsingBias methods.