Getting current time in an Activity

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The documentation says

Only use Workflow.currentTimeMillis() to get the current time inside a Workflow.

Does it apply only to workflows or activities as well? Can I use System.currentTimeMillis() in activity implementation?

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Yes, you can use System.currentTimeMillis() in an activity implementation. Temporal doesn’t impose any restrictions on activity implementations.

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I guess it applies to all the restrictions mentioned in the Workflow Implementation Constraints

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Correct, the restrictions apply only to workflow code.