From 26a029d407be480d791972afb5975cf62c9360a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 02:47:55 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 124.0.1. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- docs/nspr/reference/pr_now.rst | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/nspr/reference/pr_now.rst (limited to 'docs/nspr/reference/pr_now.rst') diff --git a/docs/nspr/reference/pr_now.rst b/docs/nspr/reference/pr_now.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5f5efc0203 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/nspr/reference/pr_now.rst @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +PR_Now +====== + +Returns the current time. + + +Syntax +------ + +.. code:: + + #include + + PRTime PR_Now(void); + + +Parameters +~~~~~~~~~~ + +None. + + +Returns +~~~~~~~ + +The current time as a :ref:`PRTime` value. + + +Description +----------- + +``PR_Now()`` returns the current time as number of microseconds since +the NSPR epoch, which is midnight (00:00:00) 1 January 1970 UTC. + +You cannot assume that the values returned by ``PR_Now()`` are +monotonically increasing because the system clock of the computer may be +reset. To obtain monotonically increasing time stamps suitable for +measuring elapsed time, use ``PR_IntervalNow()``. -- cgit v1.2.3