TimeInMillis different in java than in C

Question

I have a a problem getting a match between the epoche seconds derived within a C program and the return value of System.currentTimeMillis(); Here is an example:
* Simple C program for running on Windows Machines
* My testing is occuring on Win2K
#include <time.h>
int main()
   printf("hello %ld\n", time(NULL));
   return 0;
// end TestTime.c
* Simple Java Program grabbing epoche
* Tested on same system
public class TimeTest
   public static void main(String[] args)
      System.out.println(System.currentTimeMillis());
// end TestTime.javaOutput of these programs occured at Jun 12, 2002 at about 11:04am
C prints: 1023894070
Java prints: 1023894043362
Any ideas? Should I be using a different Java call? I need to compare the two which is not possible with how different the outputs are.

Answer 1

Wow, quickest response I have ever recieved!
I know they are not exact becuase I am at a DOS prompt doing this:
C:\test> TestTime
c time
C:\test> java TestTime
java time
I don't expect them to be identical becuase I can only type so fast.
These appear to have been run about 27 seconds apart.I have a DOS window filled with different executions and print outs. I could of copied the wrong time into the last post.
Here is a print out executing them as fast as I can type "java TestTime" after running the c version.
C: ����1023895806
Java: 1023895808029
My question is should I just append three 0's onto the C version. I need to run lines like this:
if(javaTime >= curSysTimeFromC) which would always be true due to the more accurate reading given by java. This little C program will act like a UNIX CRON. My java program edits the files read by the C version. The files are simple key/value pairs of which the C program looks for, "time=epoche_seconds", pair.