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hourly billing time?

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The hourly billing time is with respect to what time?

Is it the "created" FIELD returned by /linode/instances GET request?

How can I get the current time with respect to that time?

I think Linode should have their own absolute time for payments, a simple integer that marks the second

with a GET request to their servers, get their current time and compare it to the Linode instance creation time easily

and never have to deal with any standard time change

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Linode Staff

Hourly billing starts when the Linode is created, so it's with respect to the creation date of the Linode. The "created" field that the API returns is in UTC. To compare it to current time you can directly compare it to current UTC time, or adjust your local time to UTC then compare.

To the best of my knowledge all times displayed by our API will be in UTC. For the Linode Manager, the time is displayed in the time zone set your profile. You can change it by selecting "My Profile" in the upper right corner, once you're logged into the Linode Manager.

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