Library: Utilities (OMUTIL legacy) Include: omutil.xin

Return type: Integer Returns: The number of milliseconds since the epoch.

Declaration

define external integer function UTIL_GetMilliSecondTimer

This function returns the system timer value in millisecond units. The basis for the timer value are system dependent and, because the results may not represent any absolute time, this function should only be used comparatively to evaluate time intervals.

Example:

  include "omutil.xin"
  process
    local integer LapsedTime
    set LapsedTime to UTIL_GetMilliSecondTimer
    output "LapsedTime = %d(LapsedTime) milliseconds.%n"

Other Library Functions UTIL_Env UTIL_ExpRand UTIL_GetEnv UTIL_GetMilliSecondTimer UTIL_GetProcessId UTIL_IsVersionCompatible UTIL_LibraryVersion UTIL_Rand UTIL_Sleep UTIL_SortIntegersByKey UTIL_SortIntegersByValue UTIL_SortStreamsByKey UTIL_SortStreamsByValue UTIL_SortSwitchesByKey UTIL_Srand UTIL_UniformRand

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