CurrentUTC
CurrentUTC is a term used in computing to denote the current time expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), as reported by a system clock or a time service. It is not a formal standard on its own, but a label commonly used in software documentation and code to emphasize that timestamps are in UTC rather than in a local time zone.
UTC is maintained by international standards bodies and is kept in alignment with atomic time. Most computer
In software development, CurrentUTC or an equivalent function is frequently used to obtain timestamps that are
Accuracy and precision of CurrentUTC depend on the underlying hardware, operating system time discipline, and network