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29<a name="chrono"></a>Chapter 7. Boost.Chrono 2.0.8</h2></div>
30<div><div class="author"><h3 class="author">
31<span class="firstname">Howard</span> <span class="surname">Hinnant</span>
32</h3></div></div>
33<div><div class="author"><h3 class="author">
34<span class="firstname">Beman</span> <span class="surname">Dawes</span>
35</h3></div></div>
36<div><div class="author"><h3 class="author">
37<span class="firstname">Vicente J.</span> <span class="surname">Botet Escriba</span>
38</h3></div></div>
39<div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2008 Howard Hinnant</p></div>
40<div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2006, 2008 Beman Dawes</p></div>
41<div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2009-2013 Vicente J. Botet Escriba</p></div>
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50<p><b>Table of Contents</b></p>
51<dl class="toc">
52<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono.html#chrono.overview">Overview</a></span></dt>
53<dd><dl>
54<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.motivation">Motivation</a></span></dt>
55<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.description">Description</a></span></dt>
56</dl></dd>
57<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/users_guide.html">User's Guide</a></span></dt>
58<dd><dl>
59<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/users_guide.html#chrono.users_guide.getting_started">Getting Started</a></span></dt>
60<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/users_guide.html#chrono.users_guide.tutorial">Tutorial</a></span></dt>
61<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/users_guide.html#chrono.users_guide.examples">Examples</a></span></dt>
62<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/users_guide.html#chrono.users_guide.ext_references">External Resources</a></span></dt>
63</dl></dd>
64<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/reference.html">Reference </a></span></dt>
65<dd><dl>
66<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.chrono_include_hpp">Header <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">chrono</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">include</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code></a></span></dt>
67<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x">Included on the C++11 Recommendation</a></span></dt>
68<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.io_v1">Chrono I/O V1</a></span></dt>
69<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.io">Chrono I/O V2</a></span></dt>
70<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.round">Chrono Rounding Utilities</a></span></dt>
71<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.other_clocks">Other Clocks</a></span></dt>
72</dl></dd>
73<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/appendices.html">Appendices</a></span></dt>
74<dd><dl>
75<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/appendices.html#chrono.appendices.history">Appendix: History</a></span></dt>
76<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/appendices.html#chrono.appendices.rationale">Appendix: Rationale</a></span></dt>
77<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/appendices.html#chrono.appendices.implementation">Appendix: Implementation
78      Notes</a></span></dt>
79<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/appendices.html#chrono.appendices.faq">Appendix: FAQ</a></span></dt>
80<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/appendices.html#chrono.appendices.acknowledgements">Appendix: Acknowledgements</a></span></dt>
81<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono/appendices.html#chrono.appendices.todo">Appendix: Future plans</a></span></dt>
82</dl></dd>
83</dl>
84</div>
85<p>
86    ]
87  </p>
88<p>
89    ]
90  </p>
91<div class="section">
92<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
93<a name="chrono.overview"></a><a class="link" href="chrono.html#chrono.overview" title="Overview">Overview</a>
94</h2></div></div></div>
95<div class="toc"><dl class="toc">
96<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.motivation">Motivation</a></span></dt>
97<dt><span class="section"><a href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.description">Description</a></span></dt>
98</dl></div>
99<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
100        <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">What is time, then? If nobody asks me, I know; if I have to explain
101        it to someone who has asked me, I do not know."</span>”</span>
102      </p></blockquote></div>
103<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
104        <span class="bold"><strong><span class="emphasis"><em>-- Augustine </em></span></strong></span>
105      </p></blockquote></div>
106<h4>
107<a name="chrono.overview.h0"></a>
108      <span class="phrase"><a name="chrono.overview.how_to_use_this_documentation"></a></span><a class="link" href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.how_to_use_this_documentation">How
109      to Use This Documentation</a>
110    </h4>
111<p>
112      This documentation makes use of the following naming and formatting conventions.
113    </p>
114<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
115<li class="listitem">
116          Code is in <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">fixed</span> <span class="identifier">width</span>
117          <span class="identifier">font</span></code> and is syntax-highlighted.
118        </li>
119<li class="listitem">
120          Replaceable text that you will need to supply is in <em class="replaceable"><code>italics</code></em>.
121        </li>
122<li class="listitem">
123          Free functions are rendered in the code font followed by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">()</span></code>, as in <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">free_function</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
124        </li>
125<li class="listitem">
126          If a name refers to a class template, it is specified like this: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">class_template</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code>;
127          that is, it is in code font and its name is followed by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code>
128          to indicate that it is a class template.
129        </li>
130<li class="listitem">
131          If a name refers to a function-like macro, it is specified like this:
132          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">MACRO</span><span class="special">()</span></code>;
133          that is, it is uppercase in code font and its name is followed by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">()</span></code> to indicate that it is a function-like
134          macro. Object-like macros appear without the trailing <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">()</span></code>.
135        </li>
136<li class="listitem">
137          Names that refer to <span class="emphasis"><em>concepts</em></span> in the generic programming
138          sense are specified in CamelCase.
139        </li>
140</ul></div>
141<div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note">
142<tr>
143<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../doc/src/images/note.png"></td>
144<th align="left">Note</th>
145</tr>
146<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
147        In addition, notes such as this one specify non-essential information that
148        provides additional background or rationale.
149      </p></td></tr>
150</table></div>
151<p>
152      Finally, you can mentally add the following to any code fragments in this document:
153    </p>
154<pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">// Include all of Chrono files</span>
155<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">chrono</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
156</pre>
157<div class="section">
158<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
159<a name="chrono.overview.motivation"></a><a class="link" href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.motivation" title="Motivation">Motivation</a>
160</h3></div></div></div>
161<h5>
162<a name="chrono.overview.motivation.h0"></a>
163        <span class="phrase"><a name="chrono.overview.motivation.time"></a></span><a class="link" href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.motivation.time">Time</a>
164      </h5>
165<p>
166        We all deal with time every day of our lives. We've intuitively known it
167        since birth. Thus we are all very familiar with it and believe it to be a
168        simple matter. The modeling of time in computer programs should be similarly
169        simple. The unfortunate truth is that this perceived simplicity is only skin
170        deep. Fortunately, we do not need a terribly complicated solution to meet
171        the bulk of our needs. However, overly simplistic solutions can be dangerous
172        and inefficient, and won't adapt as the computer industry evolves.
173      </p>
174<p>
175        <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Chrono</strong></span> implements the new time facilities
176        in C++11, as proposed in <a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2661.htm" target="_top"><span class="bold"><strong>N2661 - A Foundation to Sleep On</strong></span></a>. That document
177        provides background and motivation for key design decisions and is the source
178        of a good deal of information in this documentation.
179      </p>
180<p>
181        In addition to the clocks provided by the standard proposal, <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Chrono</strong></span>
182        provides specific process and thread clocks.
183      </p>
184<h5>
185<a name="chrono.overview.motivation.h1"></a>
186        <span class="phrase"><a name="chrono.overview.motivation.wall_clock_versus_system_and_user_time"></a></span><a class="link" href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.motivation.wall_clock_versus_system_and_user_time">Wall
187        clock versus system and user time</a>
188      </h5>
189<p>
190        To make the timing facilities of Boost.Chrono more generally useful, the
191        library provides a number of clocks that are thin wrappers around the operating
192        system's process time API, thereby allowing the extraction of wall clock
193        time, user CPU time, and system CPU time of the process. Wall clock time
194        is the sum of CPU time and system CPU time. (On POSIX-like systems, this
195        relies on <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">times</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
196        On Windows, it relies on <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">GetProcessTimes</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.)
197      </p>
198</div>
199<div class="section">
200<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
201<a name="chrono.overview.description"></a><a class="link" href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.description" title="Description">Description</a>
202</h3></div></div></div>
203<p>
204        The <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Chrono</strong></span> library provides:
205      </p>
206<h5>
207<a name="chrono.overview.description.h0"></a>
208        <span class="phrase"><a name="chrono.overview.description.standard"></a></span><a class="link" href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.description.standard">Standard</a>
209      </h5>
210<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
211<li class="listitem">
212            A means to represent time durations: managed by the generic <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.duration_hpp.duration" title="Class Template duration&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">duration</span></code></a> class . Examples of
213            time durations include days, <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.duration_hpp.duration_typedefs" title="duration typedefs"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">minutes</span></code></a>, <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.duration_hpp.duration_typedefs" title="duration typedefs"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">seconds</span></code></a> and <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.duration_hpp.duration_typedefs" title="duration typedefs"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nanoseconds</span></code></a>, which can be represented
214            with a fixed number of clock ticks per unit. All of these units of time
215            duration are united with a generic interface by the <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.duration_hpp.duration" title="Class Template duration&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">duration</span></code></a> facility.
216          </li>
217<li class="listitem">
218            A type for representing points in time: <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.time_point_hpp.time_point" title="Class template time_point&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">time_point</span></code></a>. A <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.time_point_hpp.time_point" title="Class template time_point&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">time_point</span></code></a> represents an epoch
219            plus or minus a <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.duration_hpp.duration" title="Class Template duration&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">duration</span></code></a>. The library leaves
220            epochs unspecified. A <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.time_point_hpp.time_point" title="Class template time_point&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">time_point</span></code></a> is associated with
221            a <span class="emphasis"><em>clock</em></span>.
222          </li>
223<li class="listitem">
224            Several clocks, some of which may not be available on a particular platform:
225            <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.system_clocks_hpp.system_clock" title="Class system_clock"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">system_clock</span></code></a>, <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.system_clocks_hpp.steady_clock" title="Class steady_clock"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">steady_clock</span></code></a> and <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.system_clocks_hpp.high_resolution_clock" title="Class high_resolution_clock"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">high_resolution_clock</span></code></a>. A clock
226            is a pairing of a <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.time_point_hpp.time_point" title="Class template time_point&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">time_point</span></code></a> and <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.duration_hpp.duration" title="Class Template duration&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">duration</span></code></a>, and a function which
227            returns a <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.time_point_hpp.time_point" title="Class template time_point&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">time_point</span></code></a> representing <span class="emphasis"><em>now</em></span>.
228          </li>
229</ul></div>
230<h5>
231<a name="chrono.overview.description.h1"></a>
232        <span class="phrase"><a name="chrono.overview.description.other_clocks"></a></span><a class="link" href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.description.other_clocks">Other
233        clocks</a>
234      </h5>
235<p>
236        To make the timing facilities more generally useful, <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Chrono</strong></span>
237        provides a number of clocks that are thin wrappers around the operating system's
238        time APIs, thereby allowing the extraction of wall clock time, user CPU time,
239        system CPU time spent by the process,
240      </p>
241<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
242<li class="listitem">
243            <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.other_clocks.process_cpu_clocks_hpp.process_real_cpu_clock" title="Class process_real_cpu_clock"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">process_real_cpu_clock</span></code></a>, captures
244            wall clock CPU time spent by the current process.
245          </li>
246<li class="listitem">
247            <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.other_clocks.process_cpu_clocks_hpp.process_user_cpu_clock" title="Class process_user_cpu_clock"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">process_user_cpu_clock</span></code></a>, captures
248            user-CPU time spent by the current process.
249          </li>
250<li class="listitem">
251            <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.other_clocks.process_cpu_clocks_hpp.process_system_cpu_clock" title="Class process_system_cpu_clock"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">process_system_cpu_clock</span></code></a>, captures
252            system-CPU time spent by the current process.
253          </li>
254<li class="listitem">
255            A tuple-like class <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.other_clocks.process_cpu_clocks_hpp.process_cpu_clock" title="Class process_cpu_clock"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">process_cpu_clock</span></code></a>, that captures
256            real, user-CPU, and system-CPU process times together.
257          </li>
258<li class="listitem">
259            A <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.other_clocks.thread_clock_hpp.thread_clock" title="Class thread_clock"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">thread_clock</span></code></a> thread steady clock
260            giving the time spent by the current thread (when supported by a platform).
261          </li>
262</ul></div>
263<p>
264        Lastly, <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Chrono</strong></span> includes <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/typeof" target="_top">typeof</a>
265        registration for <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.duration_hpp.duration" title="Class Template duration&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">duration</span></code></a> and <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.time_point_hpp.time_point" title="Class template time_point&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">time_point</span></code></a> to permit using emulated
266        auto with C++03 compilers.
267      </p>
268<h5>
269<a name="chrono.overview.description.h2"></a>
270        <span class="phrase"><a name="chrono.overview.description.i_o"></a></span><a class="link" href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.description.i_o">I/O</a>
271      </h5>
272<p>
273        It provides I/O for <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.duration_hpp.duration" title="Class Template duration&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">duration</span></code></a> and <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.time_point_hpp.time_point" title="Class template time_point&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">time_point</span></code></a>. This I/O makes use of
274        these types much more convenient. In following the "you only pay for
275        what you use" philosophy, this extra functionality is located in a header
276        separate from &lt;boost/chrono/chrono.hpp&gt;, namely &lt;boost/chrono/chrono_io.hpp&gt;.
277      </p>
278<p>
279        It builds on <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">ratio</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">ratio_io</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
280        to provide readable and flexible formatting and parsing for types in <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">chrono</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
281        This textural representation uses <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix#List_of_SI_prefixes" target="_top">SI
282        prefixes</a> whenever possible. This makes it easy for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">milliseconds</span></code> to be represented by the text
283        "milliseconds", or a hypothetical meter class to print out "millimeter".
284        The <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.duration_hpp.duration" title="Class Template duration&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">duration</span></code></a> and the <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.cpp0x.time_point_hpp.time_point" title="Class template time_point&lt;&gt;"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">time_point</span></code></a> i/o can be customized
285        through the new facets: <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.io.duration_units_hpp.duration_units" title="Template Class duration_units"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">duration_units</span></code></a> and <a class="link" href="chrono/reference.html#chrono.reference.io.time_point_units_hpp.time_point_units" title="Template Class time_point_units"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">time_point_units</span></code></a>. The user can specialize
286        these facets so that the chrono i/o could be localizable. However Boost.Chrono
287        doesn't provides a complete locale solution.
288      </p>
289<p>
290        <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">system_clock</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">time_point</span></code> I/O is proposed in terms of
291        UTC timepoints, strongly guided by ISO 9899:1999, Programming languages -
292        C, ISO 9945:2003, Information Technology - Portable Operating System Interface
293        (POSIX) and ISO 8601:2004, Data elements and interchange formats - Information
294        interchange - Representation of dates and times.
295      </p>
296<h5>
297<a name="chrono.overview.description.h3"></a>
298        <span class="phrase"><a name="chrono.overview.description.rounding_utilities"></a></span><a class="link" href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.description.rounding_utilities">Rounding
299        utilities</a>
300      </h5>
301<p>
302        A few simple rounding utility functions for working with durations.
303      </p>
304<h5>
305<a name="chrono.overview.description.h4"></a>
306        <span class="phrase"><a name="chrono.overview.description.caveat_emptor"></a></span><a class="link" href="chrono.html#chrono.overview.description.caveat_emptor">Caveat
307        Emptor</a>
308      </h5>
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310        The underlying clocks provided by operating systems are subject to many seemingly
311        arbitrary policies and implementation irregularities. That's a polite way
312        of saying they tend to be flakey, and each operating system or even each
313        clock has its own cruel and unusual forms of flakiness. Don't bet the farm
314        on their accuracy, unless you have become deeply familiar with exactly what
315        the specific operating system is guaranteeing, which is often very little.
316      </p>
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