TimeUtils.hpp

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#ifndef _TIME_UTILS_H
#define _TIME_UTILS_H

#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

#define TIME_STRING_LENGTH 32

// clock must be a pointer to struct timeval
#define GET_TIME(clock)\
        {\
                struct timezone tzp;\
                gettimeofday (clock, &tzp);\
        }


// struct timeval difference in ms (long int value)
long ms_difftime (struct timeval* P_final, struct timeval* P_init);
void time_tochar (char *P_time, struct timeval* P_tv);
void time_tochar_minus (char *P_time, struct timeval* P_tv);

#endif

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