# BNB Smart Chain’s Jenner hardfork lets contracts read block time in milliseconds

BNB Smart Chain (BSC) smart contracts can now see block time down to the millisecond. The change comes from BEP-706, which is part of the Jenner hardfork and adds a precompile at address 0x70. Calling it returns the timestamp of the current block in milliseconds. Contracts built on block.timestamp s

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| Published | 3 November 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/bnb-smart-chains-jenner-hardfork-lets-contracts-read-block-time-in-milliseconds/