I want to get the real unix time stamp. So even in case you change the time of your device manually into the future, I get the real time. I've already searched for it here and found System.CurrentTimeMillis but it didn't solve my problem.
If it's not possible to do it, how could I check it with a time server?
By using this SntpClient class
class GetNTPAsynctask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Boolean> {
SntpClient sntpClient = new SntpClient();
@Override
protected Boolean doInBackground(String... params) {
boolean success = false;
try {
success = sntpClient.requestTime("pool.ntp.org", 30000);
}
catch (Exception e) {
Log.d(TAG, "doInBackground: Exception" + e.getMessage());
success = false;
}
return success;
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Boolean aBoolean) {
super.onPostExecute(aBoolean);
if(aBoolean) {
long currentTimeMiliseconds = sntpClient.getNtpTime();
// use it...
}
else {
Toast.makeText(context, "Connection to device not possible.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
}
just call this AsyncTask
GetNTPAsynctask asyncTask = new GetNTPAsynctask();
asyncTask.execute();
Use this sntpclient class
import android.net.TrafficStats;
import android.os.SystemClock;
import android.util.Log;
import java.net.DatagramPacket;
import java.net.DatagramSocket;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.util.Arrays;
public class SntpClient {
private static final String TAG = "SntpClient";
private static final boolean DBG = true;
private static final int REFERENCE_TIME_OFFSET = 16;
private static final int ORIGINATE_TIME_OFFSET = 24;
private static final int RECEIVE_TIME_OFFSET = 32;
private static final int TRANSMIT_TIME_OFFSET = 40;
private static final int NTP_PACKET_SIZE = 48;
private static final int NTP_PORT = 123;
private static final int NTP_MODE_CLIENT = 3;
private static final int NTP_MODE_SERVER = 4;
private static final int NTP_MODE_BROADCAST = 5;
private static final int NTP_VERSION = 3;
private static final int NTP_LEAP_NOSYNC = 3;
private static final int NTP_STRATUM_DEATH = 0;
private static final int NTP_STRATUM_MAX = 15;
// Number of seconds between Jan 1, 1900 and Jan 1, 1970
// 70 years plus 17 leap days
private static final long OFFSET_1900_TO_1970 = ((365L * 70L) + 17L) * 24L * 60L * 60L;
// system time computed from NTP server response
private long mNtpTime;
// value of SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() corresponding to mNtpTime
private long mNtpTimeReference;
// round trip time in milliseconds
private long mRoundTripTime;
private static class InvalidServerReplyException extends Exception {
public InvalidServerReplyException(String message) {
super(message);
}
}
/**
* Sends an SNTP request to the given host and processes the response.
*
* @param host host name of the server.
* @param timeout network timeout in milliseconds.
* @return true if the transaction was successful.
*/
public boolean requestTime(String host, int timeout) {
InetAddress address = null;
try {
address = InetAddress.getByName(host);
} catch (Exception e) {
if (DBG) Log.d(TAG, "request time failed: " + e);
return false;
}
return requestTime(address, NTP_PORT, timeout);
}
public boolean requestTime(InetAddress address, int port, int timeout) {
DatagramSocket socket = null;
try {
socket = new DatagramSocket();
socket.setSoTimeout(timeout);
byte[] buffer = new byte[NTP_PACKET_SIZE];
DatagramPacket request = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length, address, port);
// set mode = 3 (client) and version = 3
// mode is in low 3 bits of first byte
// version is in bits 3-5 of first byte
buffer[0] = (byte) (NTP_MODE_CLIENT | (NTP_VERSION << 3));
// get current time and write it to the request packet
final long requestTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
final long requestTicks = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime();
writeTimeStamp(buffer, TRANSMIT_TIME_OFFSET, requestTime);
socket.send(request);
// read the response
DatagramPacket response = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);
socket.receive(response);
final long responseTicks = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime();
final long responseTime = requestTime + (responseTicks - requestTicks);
// extract the results
final byte leap = (byte) ((buffer[0] >> 6) & 0x3);
final byte mode = (byte) (buffer[0] & 0x7);
final int stratum = (int) (buffer[1] & 0xff);
final long originateTime = readTimeStamp(buffer, ORIGINATE_TIME_OFFSET);
final long receiveTime = readTimeStamp(buffer, RECEIVE_TIME_OFFSET);
final long transmitTime = readTimeStamp(buffer, TRANSMIT_TIME_OFFSET);
/* do sanity check according to RFC */
// TODO: validate originateTime == requestTime.
checkValidServerReply(leap, mode, stratum, transmitTime);
long roundTripTime = responseTicks - requestTicks - (transmitTime - receiveTime);
// receiveTime = originateTime + transit + skew
// responseTime = transmitTime + transit - skew
// clockOffset = ((receiveTime - originateTime) + (transmitTime - responseTime))/2
// = ((originateTime + transit + skew - originateTime) +
// (transmitTime - (transmitTime + transit - skew)))/2
// = ((transit + skew) + (transmitTime - transmitTime - transit + skew))/2
// = (transit + skew - transit + skew)/2
// = (2 * skew)/2 = skew
long clockOffset = ((receiveTime - originateTime) + (transmitTime - responseTime))/2;
if (DBG) {
Log.d(TAG, "round trip: " + roundTripTime + "ms, " +
"clock offset: " + clockOffset + "ms");
}
// save our results - use the times on this side of the network latency
// (response rather than request time)
mNtpTime = responseTime + clockOffset;
mNtpTimeReference = responseTicks;
mRoundTripTime = roundTripTime;
} catch (Exception e) {
if (DBG) Log.d(TAG, "request time failed: " + e);
return false;
} finally {
if (socket != null) {
socket.close();
}
}
return true;
}
/**
* Returns the time computed from the NTP transaction.
*
* @return time value computed from NTP server response.
*/
public long getNtpTime() {
return mNtpTime;
}
/**
* Returns the reference clock value (value of SystemClock.elapsedRealtime())
* corresponding to the NTP time.
*
* @return reference clock corresponding to the NTP time.
*/
public long getNtpTimeReference() {
return mNtpTimeReference;
}
/**
* Returns the round trip time of the NTP transaction
*
* @return round trip time in milliseconds.
*/
public long getRoundTripTime() {
return mRoundTripTime;
}
private static void checkValidServerReply(
byte leap, byte mode, int stratum, long transmitTime)
throws InvalidServerReplyException {
if (leap == NTP_LEAP_NOSYNC) {
throw new InvalidServerReplyException("unsynchronized server");
}
if ((mode != NTP_MODE_SERVER) && (mode != NTP_MODE_BROADCAST)) {
throw new InvalidServerReplyException("untrusted mode: " + mode);
}
if ((stratum == NTP_STRATUM_DEATH) || (stratum > NTP_STRATUM_MAX)) {
throw new InvalidServerReplyException("untrusted stratum: " + stratum);
}
if (transmitTime == 0) {
throw new InvalidServerReplyException("zero transmitTime");
}
}
/**
* Reads an unsigned 32 bit big endian number from the given offset in the buffer.
*/
private long read32(byte[] buffer, int offset) {
byte b0 = buffer[offset];
byte b1 = buffer[offset+1];
byte b2 = buffer[offset+2];
byte b3 = buffer[offset+3];
// convert signed bytes to unsigned values
int i0 = ((b0 & 0x80) == 0x80 ? (b0 & 0x7F) + 0x80 : b0);
int i1 = ((b1 & 0x80) == 0x80 ? (b1 & 0x7F) + 0x80 : b1);
int i2 = ((b2 & 0x80) == 0x80 ? (b2 & 0x7F) + 0x80 : b2);
int i3 = ((b3 & 0x80) == 0x80 ? (b3 & 0x7F) + 0x80 : b3);
return ((long)i0 << 24) + ((long)i1 << 16) + ((long)i2 << 8) + (long)i3;
}
/**
* Reads the NTP time stamp at the given offset in the buffer and returns
* it as a system time (milliseconds since January 1, 1970).
*/
private long readTimeStamp(byte[] buffer, int offset) {
long seconds = read32(buffer, offset);
long fraction = read32(buffer, offset + 4);
// Special case: zero means zero.
if (seconds == 0 && fraction == 0) {
return 0;
}
return ((seconds - OFFSET_1900_TO_1970) * 1000) + ((fraction * 1000L) / 0x100000000L);
}
/**
* Writes system time (milliseconds since January 1, 1970) as an NTP time stamp
* at the given offset in the buffer.
*/
private void writeTimeStamp(byte[] buffer, int offset, long time) {
// Special case: zero means zero.
if (time == 0) {
Arrays.fill(buffer, offset, offset + 8, (byte) 0x00);
return;
}
long seconds = time / 1000L;
long milliseconds = time - seconds * 1000L;
seconds += OFFSET_1900_TO_1970;
// write seconds in big endian format
buffer[offset++] = (byte)(seconds >> 24);
buffer[offset++] = (byte)(seconds >> 16);
buffer[offset++] = (byte)(seconds >> 8);
buffer[offset++] = (byte)(seconds >> 0);
long fraction = milliseconds * 0x100000000L / 1000L;
// write fraction in big endian format
buffer[offset++] = (byte)(fraction >> 24);
buffer[offset++] = (byte)(fraction >> 16);
buffer[offset++] = (byte)(fraction >> 8);
// low order bits should be random data
buffer[offset++] = (byte)(Math.random() * 255.0);
}
}
