I made a typo. I meant API (instead of SPI). Have a look at this for more information: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/833768/java-code-for-getting-current-time
If you have a client that is not under NTP then that should be the way to fix your issue. Once you have that getting the current time is easy. Niels Basjes On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Jane Wayne <jane.wayne2...@gmail.com>wrote: > niels, > > i'm not familiar with the native java spi. spi = service provider > interface? could you let me know if this spi is part of the hadoop > api? if so, which package/class? > > but yes, all nodes on the cluster are using NTP to synchronize time. > however, the server (which is not a part of the hadoop cluster) > accessing/interfacing with the hadoop cluster cannot be assumed to be > using NTP. will this still make a difference? and actually, this is > the primary reason why i need to get the date/time of the hadoop > cluster (need to check if the date/time of the hadooop cluster is in > sync with the server). > > > > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Niels Basjes <ni...@basjes.nl> wrote: > > If you have all nodes using NTP then you can simply use the native Java > SPI > > to get the current system time. > > > > > > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Jane Wayne <jane.wayne2...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> hi all, > >> > >> is there a way to get the current time of a hadoop cluster via the > >> api? in particular, getting the time from the namenode or jobtracker > >> would suffice. > >> > >> i looked at JobClient but didn't see anything helpful. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, > > > > Niels Basjes > -- Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, Niels Basjes
