Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de> writes:
> - precise, regulated time
> ---> useful for "date" display.

this is currently 'time' and the time returned by microtime().


> - monotime, a time guaranteed to never be <= the last reading, but
>   equal to the above when not called too often.
> ---> useful for unique timestamps and similar stuff.
> 
> - a continuously (uncorrected, or only corrected at a limited pace)
>    running time
> ---> useful for interval timers.

mono_time has the latter property, iirc.

if you're interested in a timestamp that never decreases over the life
of the running system (but may decrease at boot), then a cheap hack on
top of mono_time is probably sufficient.


I actually think the suggestion made by Lucio de Re, of one single
system clock and a separate offset for time jumps, is the right idea...



cgd
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