Re: [Boost-users] [posix_time] ARM clock scaling issue

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [posix_time] ARM clock scaling issue
From: Michael Powell (mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-08-28 19:50:09

Meh... Before I go spinning my wheels or rewriting history here...

Looks like I might need to define:
BOOST_DATE_TIME_HAS_HIGH_PRECISION_CLOCK, and BOOST_HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY,
in order to realize a high-precision clock.

Thank you...

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Michael Powell <mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using the posix_time ptime interface to gauge clock times,
> universal time (Utc), and do date/time math, subtracting for durations
> type thing.
>
> What I am finding is that the accuracy seems to be fast. By how much I
> don't know, whether that's by a factor of what, or what not, I do not
> know.
>
> We are encountering this on an ARM platform. Has anyone else
> experience this? If so what can we do to workaround it?
>
> Assuming we stick with the Boost API to comprehend date/time,
> duration, our stopwatch abstraction, elapsed-timer, and so on.
>
> Thank you...
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Powell