instacart / instacart/TrueTime.swift

TrueTimeClient.sharedInstance.referenceTime?.now() returns date with millisecond precision

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Description

I noticed that `TrueTimeClient.sharedInstance.referenceTime?.now()` returns date with millisecond precision while system call `Date()` returns date with microsecond precision.

This behavior can be verified in following way:
```
print(TrueTimeClient.sharedInstance.referenceTime!.now().timeIntervalSince1970) // Prints 1492622263.091

print(Date().timeIntervalSince1970) // Prints 1492622263.12779
```

Such loose in precision can be harmful for tasks which depend on timestamp accuracy.

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