Messages in this thread | | | From | "David Engraf" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Win32 equivalent to GetTickCount systemcall (i386) | Date | Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:06:36 +0100 |
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> * David Engraf <engraf.david@netcom-sicherheitstechnik.de> wrote: > > > > (and.. wait.. isn't that called gettimeofday() ) > > > > Not really gettimeofday is based on the date and time, but what if the > > user changes the date, the counter would also change. > > see 'man clock_gettime', and CLOCK_MONOTONIC: > > CLOCK_MONOTONIC > Clock that cannot be set and represents monotonic time > since > some unspecified starting point. > > and it has microsecond resolution. > > Ingo
You're right, clock_gettime with CLOCK_MONOTONIC seems to be date/time independent. For a GetTickCount implementation it is absolutely enough.
Thanks David Engraf
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