[fpc-devel] Problem with Now() and time changed by ntpd

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Marco van de Voort <marcov at stack.nl> wrote:
>> Not entirely related to the discussion, but I don't see that at all.  There
>> is a reason why libc has monotonous time functions.
> 
> And I think we should have too:
> 
> Now() -> Like Michael proposed. Implemented with precision, but with a
> switch for existing code bases to hack it into being fast.
> 
> And for new projects 2 new methods:
> 
> NowUTC() -> Current time in UTC
> GetMonotonousTimeCount() -> Gives the number of microseconds since an
> unspecified initial time which is totally fixed. This one people
> should use for more precision timing.

Without meaning to cause offense, I think that should be monotonic (i.e. 
it is guaranteed to never decrement).

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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