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Subj : Re: Short interval timing
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : john blackburn
Date : Thu Apr 29 2004 01:46 pm

Gerhard Wolfstieg wrote:

>> In it, I am trying to time short intervals (less than a few seconds)
>> reasonably accurately.  Now, the time functions in <time.h> which, I
>> believe, have their origins in Unix seem only to have the granularity of
>> whole seconds.  Is there a way I can determine the time between two
>> events more accurately than this, whilst only using standard C and C++
>> libraries ?
> Try:
> 
> #include <Windows.h>
> 
> {       SYSTEMTIME sysTime;
> //...
>         GetLocalTime( &sysTime );
> }
> 
> and catch milliseconds.
> 
>         gw


Thanks for the reply.  Is <Windows.h> supported under Unix/Linux/Mac ?


John

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