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UTIL_GetMilliSecondTimer

 
 

Library: Utilities (OMUTIL) legacy library
Include: omutil.xin
Return type: Integer

Returns: The number of milliseconds since the epoch.


Declaration

define external integer function UTIL_GetMilliSecondTimer


Purpose

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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