1ZCLOCK(3)                         CZMQ Manual                        ZCLOCK(3)
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NAME

6       zclock - Class for millisecond clocks and delays
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SYNOPSIS

9       //  This is a stable class, and may not change except for emergencies. It
10       //  is provided in stable builds.
11       //  Sleep for a number of milliseconds
12       CZMQ_EXPORT void
13           zclock_sleep (int msecs);
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15       //  Return current system clock as milliseconds. Note that this clock can
16       //  jump backwards (if the system clock is changed) so is unsafe to use for
17       //  timers and time offsets. Use zclock_mono for that instead.
18       CZMQ_EXPORT int64_t
19           zclock_time (void);
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21       //  Return current monotonic clock in milliseconds. Use this when you compute
22       //  time offsets. The monotonic clock is not affected by system changes and
23       //  so will never be reset backwards, unlike a system clock.
24       CZMQ_EXPORT int64_t
25           zclock_mono (void);
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27       //  Return current monotonic clock in microseconds. Use this when you compute
28       //  time offsets. The monotonic clock is not affected by system changes and
29       //  so will never be reset backwards, unlike a system clock.
30       CZMQ_EXPORT int64_t
31           zclock_usecs (void);
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33       //  Return formatted date/time as fresh string. Free using zstr_free().
34       //  Caller owns return value and must destroy it when done.
35       CZMQ_EXPORT char *
36           zclock_timestr (void);
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38       //  Self test of this class.
39       CZMQ_EXPORT void
40           zclock_test (bool verbose);
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42       Please add '@interface' section in './../src/zclock.c'.
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DESCRIPTION

45       The zclock class provides essential sleep and system time functions,
46       used to slow down threads for testing, and calculate timers for
47       polling. Wraps the non-portable system calls in a simple portable API.
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49       The Win32 Sleep() call defaults to 16ms resolution unless the system
50       timer resolution is increased with a call to timeBeginPeriod()
51       permitting 1ms granularity.
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EXAMPLE

54       From zclock_test method.
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56           int64_t start = zclock_time ();
57           zclock_sleep (10);
58           assert ((zclock_time () - start) >= 10);
59           start = zclock_mono ();
60           int64_t usecs = zclock_usecs ();
61           zclock_sleep (10);
62           assert ((zclock_mono () - start) >= 10);
63           assert ((zclock_usecs () - usecs) >= 10000);
64           char *timestr = zclock_timestr ();
65           if (verbose)
66               puts (timestr);
67           freen (timestr);
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69           #if defined (__WINDOWS__)
70           zsys_shutdown();
71           #endif
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AUTHORS

75       The czmq manual was written by the authors in the AUTHORS file.
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RESOURCES

78       Main web site:
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83       Copyright (c) the Contributors as noted in the AUTHORS file. This file
84       is part of CZMQ, the high-level C binding for 0MQ:
85       http://czmq.zeromq.org. This Source Code Form is subject to the terms
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89       distribution.
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NOTES

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