struct
timeval结构体在time.h中的定义为:
struct timeval
{
__time_t tv_sec; /*
Seconds. */
__suseconds_t tv_usec; /* Microseconds.
*/
};
其中,tv_sec为Epoch到创建struct
timeval时的秒数,tv_usec为微秒数,即秒后面的零头。比如当前我写博文时的tv_sec为1244770435,tv_usec为442388,即当前时间距Epoch时间1244770435秒,442388微秒。需要注意的是,因为循环过程,新建结构体变量等过程需消耗部分时间,我们作下面的运算时会得到如下结果:
int
i;
for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
{
gettimeofday(&tv,
NULL);
printf("%d\t%d\n", tv.tv_usec,
tv.tv_sec);
sleep(1);
}
442388 1244770435
443119
1244770436
443543 1244770437
444153
1244770438
前面为微秒数,后面为秒数,可以看出,在这个简单运算中,只能精确到小数点后面一到两位,或者可以看出,每进行一次循环,均需花费0.005秒的时间,用这个程序来作计时器显然是不行的,除非精确计算产生的代码消耗时间。
#include
#include
#include
int main(int argc, char * argv[]){
struct
timeval tv; //(1)
while(1){
gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
//(2)
printf("time %u:%u\n", tv.tv_sec, tv.tv_usec);
sleep(2);
}
return 0;
}
(1) struct--timeval
--------------------------------------------------
struct
timeval {
time_t tv_sec; /* seconds */
suseconds_t
tv_usec; /* microseconds */
};
millisecond 毫秒
microsecond
微秒
timeval表示一个时间点,比如:
timeval.tv_sec = 1 (s)
timevat.tv_usec
= 500 000 (μs)
1:500 = 1s500000μs = 1.5s
(2)
gettimeofday()
--------------------------------------------------
int
gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz);
The functions
gettimeofday() and settimeofday() can get and set the time as well as a
timezone.
The use of the timezone structure is obsolete; the tz
argument should normally be specified as NULL.
(3)
运行结果:
--------------------------------------------------
time
1181788367:991487
time 1181788369:991602
表示睡眠2秒经过的精确时间为: 2s115μs