nanosecs.cpp

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/* 'nanoseconds_since_1970( )' returns something close to the result of
ctime( ),  except a billion times larger and with added precision.
Naturally,  DOS/Windows,  OS/X,  and POSIX systems each use different
methods.

   As currently coded,  the actual precision provided is 10^-7 second
in Windows;  a millisecond with the WATCOM compiler;  and 10^-6 second
in everything else.  But note that "true" nanosecond precision is
possible,  if actually desired (see the NOT_CURRENTLY_IN_USE code).

   The range of a 64-bit signed integer is large enough to enable
this function to work until Friday, 2262 Apr 11 23:47:16.  We can get
an addition 292 years by using unsigned integers,  but it may be wiser
to switch to 128-bit integers.     */

#include <stdint.h>

int64_t nanoseconds_since_1970( void);                      /* nanosecs.c */

#ifdef _WIN32
#include <windows.h>

int64_t nanoseconds_since_1970( void)
{
   FILETIME ft;
   const uint64_t jd_1601 = 2305813;  /* actually 2305813.5 */
   const uint64_t jd_1970 = 2440587;  /* actually 2440587.5 */
   const uint64_t ten_million = 10000000;
   const uint64_t seconds_per_day = 24 * 60 * 60;
   const uint64_t diff = (jd_1970 - jd_1601) * ten_million * seconds_per_day;
   uint64_t decimicroseconds_since_1970;   /* i.e.,  time in units of 1e-7 seconds */

   GetSystemTimeAsFileTime( &ft);
   decimicroseconds_since_1970 = ((uint64_t)ft.dwLowDateTime |
                                ((uint64_t)ft.dwHighDateTime << 32)) - diff;
   return( decimicroseconds_since_1970 * (int64_t)100);
}
#else
#ifdef __WATCOMC__
#include <sys/timeb.h>

int64_t nanoseconds_since_1970( void)
{
   struct timeb t;
   const int64_t one_million = 1000000;
   int64_t millisec;

   ftime( &t);
   millisec = (int64_t)t.millitm + (int64_t)1000 * (int64_t)t.time;
   return( millisec * (int64_t)one_million);
}
#else      /* OS/X,  BSD,  and Linux */
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int64_t nanoseconds_since_1970( void)
{
   struct timeval now;
   const int rv = gettimeofday( &now, NULL);
   int64_t rval;
   const int64_t one_billion = (int64_t)1000000000;

   if( !rv)
      rval = (int64_t)now.tv_sec * one_billion
           + (int64_t)now.tv_usec * (int64_t)1000;
   else
      rval = 0;
   return( rval);
}
#endif
#endif

/* At one time,  I was using the following in Linux.  It gives a
"real" precision of nanoseconds,  instead of getting microseconds
and multiplying by 1000 (or decimicroseconds and multiplying by 100).
However,  it does require the realtime library to be linked in...
I leave it here in case we someday need nanosecond precision.  */

#ifdef NOT_CURRENTLY_IN_USE
int64_t nanoseconds_since_1970( void)
{
   struct timespec t;

   clock_gettime( CLOCK_REALTIME, &t);
   return( t.tv_sec * (int64_t)1000000000 + t.tv_nsec);
}
#endif    /* NOT_CURRENTLY_IN_USE */