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Java assertion to prevent time travelers

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public class PreventTimeTravelers {
    public static void main(String args[]){
        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        assert endTime >= startTime: "We came back in time!";
    }
}

Please do not execute this code in a time machine.