How can I measure time with microsecond precision in Java?

Question

I saw on the Internet that I was supposed to use System.nanoTime() but that doesn\'t work for me - it gives me the time with milliseconds precision. I just need

Answer 1

My guess is that since System.nanoTime() uses the "most precise available system timer" which apparently only has millisecond-precision on your system, you can't get anything better.