Current Time

An actor, whether user or supervisor, may get the time elapsed since the last reboot through the following system call:

#include <exec/chTime.h> 

int sysTime(KnTimeVal* time);

This will fill in the time data structure which is built from two fields:

• tmSec which indicates the number of whole seconds elapsed since the last reboot

• tmNSec which indicates the number of nanoseconds

The resolution of the value depends on the platform on which the system is running, and may be obtained by a call to:

#include <chorus.h>

int sysTimeGetRes(KnTimeVal* resolution);

The time value returned at the location defined by the resolution parameter represents the smallest possible difference between two distinct values of the system time.