"Russell Hind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Johan Nilsson wrote: > >> > >>Can these be used to get an actual date/time though? Or just for high > >>resolution timing? I've only had a brief look at them, so will read a > >>bit more. > >> > > > > > > Yes and yes. But the former (using them to get an actual date/time with a > > _low_ overhead) is ... well ... interesting ;-) > > > > How do you convert the tick count from QueryPerformanceCounter into a > date time then? I can't see how to do this? >
In brief: get the value of QPC at the instance the system time changes. The devil is in the details, of course, but it's a good starting point. // Johan _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost