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3421 :: Can I somehow emulate Java's System.currentTimeMillis() in Nim?

• monster (orginal) [2017-12-17T12:45:46+01:00] view original

  I'd like to get the current time such that:

  • It's sub-second resolution (milliseconds sounds best).
  • It's a fixed, cross-platform size (preferably 64-bits, because I need sub-second resolution)
  • It's an "integer", so that computation on the same value results in the same result on every processor and platform.

  I've looked at the module "times", but do not see how to emulate Java's System.currentTimeMillis() with it, which is basically what I'd need.

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• GULPF (orginal) [2017-12-17T13:59:07+01:00] view original

  I've been working on various improvements for the times module (https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/6552 ). Sub second resolution is not part of that PR, but my plan is to implement that next. The current PR is more or less ready for merge, so unless someone beats me to it, I'll likely implement sub second resolution within the next month or so (and that implementation will satisfy those requirements).

  For now, you'll have to wrap the necessary C functions yourself.

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• monster (orginal) [2017-12-17T16:11:02+01:00] view original

  Thanks!

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• Araq (orginal) [2017-12-19T10:05:28+01:00] view original

  include "$lib/system/timers.nim"
  Run

  That is what the realtime GC uses and should become a stdlib module.

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• GULPF (orginal) [2017-12-27T17:41:40+01:00] view original

  I've now opened a PR for this (https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/6978 ). Feel free to comment on it if there is any concern.

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• monster (orginal) [2017-12-28T14:57:09+01:00] view original

  Hi. I haven't looked at the patch, but from the pull request comments, I think it would do just fine. :)

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