Time Information

Declared in: be/kernel/OS.h

Library: libroot.so

The following functions set and get the system clock.

Time Functions

real_time_clock() , real_time_clock_usecs() , set_real_time_clock()

	uint32 real_time_clock (void) bigtime_t real_time_clock_usecs (void) void set_real_time_clock (int32 secs_since_jan1_1970)

real_time_clock() returns the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970.

real_time_clock_usecs() measures the same time span in microseconds.

set_real_time_clock() sets the value that the other two functions refer to.

system_time()

	bigtime_t system_time(void)

Returns the number of microseconds that have elapsed since the computer was booted.