Location:getTime() is a long value, representing milliseconds since 1/1/1970

All of these values are usually updated every 1 second, the lat and lon 
values change even when stationary due to 'jitter' in the computed values.

See https://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/Location.html

On Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 12:05:09 AM UTC+10, durgadevi1 wrote:
>
> Hello members,
>
> I'm creating a GPS tracker app.
>
> I have used these few attributes:
>
> 1) Location:getTime()
> 2) Location:getLatitude()
> 3) Location:getLongitude()
>
> I managed to see the outputs on my app screen. But I noticed the values 
> keep changing on the app screen.
> Why do the values keep changing?
>
> Also, for Location.getTime() I get a large number as a output. Sometimes 
> the number is negative. (eg -2122202741)
> What does the large number represent and what format does it represent?
>
> Thank you.
>

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