Lesson 9 - Why do we use block.timestamp instead of now ?

[demirbey05]

In Lesson 9 for implementing the automation and keep track of the time, we used block.timestamp, but it is the time where the block is mined , it is the not time that last transaction is executed. We can use now the keep track of the time. What is the purpose of using block.timestamp ?

[mattaereal]

Hi @demirbey05, some time ago they were aliases:
now (uint): current block timestamp (alias for block.timestamp)

In version 0.7.0, the alias now (for block.timestamp) was removed. (from the official documentation)

So everyone should use just block.timestamp.

I hope this clarifies this :)

Cheers!

[demirbey05]

I think using block.timestamp cant iterate process exactly in the interval, for getting miner's block verification, we may wait for more than interval or less than interval, but we cant get exact interval time.

[mattaereal]