Yeah, even writing ditzy consumer apps on Android we're usually stuck with the number of milliseconds the system has been up if we want a reliable, step by step

Yeah, even writing ditzy consumer apps on Android we're usually stuck with the number of milliseconds the system has been up if we want a reliable, step by step, count that doesn't jump around. Use something else and your animation delays will be screwed up occasionally, etc.. Of course then that number is useless outside that system and outside that boot of the system. Would have been much handier to have something better.