> * David Engraf <[email protected]> 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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