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9.10. Timestamps

The following functions provide methods to extract time data.

9.10.1. get_cycles

General syntax:
get_cycles:long ()
This function returns the processor cycle counter value if available, else it returns zero.

9.10.2. gettimeofday_ms

General syntax:
gettimeofday_ms:long ()
This function returns the number of milliseconds since the UNIX epoch.

9.10.3. gettimeofday_ns

General syntax:
gettimeofday_ns:long ()
This function returns the number of nanoseconds since the UNIX epoch.

9.10.4. gettimeofday_s

General syntax:
gettimeofday_s:long ()
This function returns the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch.

9.10.5. gettimeofday_us

General syntax:
gettimeofday_us:long ()
This function returns the number of microseconds since the UNIX epoch.