---
title: "Clocks"
---

## Macros
Default macro definitions.  
Define these in `etl_profile.h` to set your own duration types for the clocks.

| Macro                                        | Definition                 |
| -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `ETL_CHRONO_SYSTEM_CLOCK_DURATION`           | `etl::chrono::nanoseconds` |
| `ETL_CHRONO_SYSTEM_CLOCK_IS_STEADY`          | `true`                     |
| `ETL_CHRONO_HIGH_RESOLUTION_CLOCK_DURATION`  | `etl::chrono::nanoseconds` |
| `ETL_CHRONO_HIGH_RESOLUTION_CLOCK_IS_STEADY` | `true`                     |
| `ETL_CHRONO_STEADY_CLOCK_DURATION`           | `etl::chrono::nanoseconds` |

## Platform clock access
Declarations of the functions that must be defined to interface the clocks with the underlying platform.

```cpp
extern "C" ETL_CHRONO_SYSTEM_CLOCK_DURATION::rep          etl_get_system_clock();
extern "C" ETL_CHRONO_HIGH_RESOLUTION_CLOCK_DURATION::rep etl_get_high_resolution_clock();
extern "C" ETL_CHRONO_STEADY_CLOCK_DURATION::rep          etl_get_steady_clock();
```

These functions must return the current count of the underlying clock. The value is in terms of the 
clock duration defined for that clock.

**Example**  
If the `system_clock` duration is set to `etl::chrono::nanoseconds`, then a return value of `1000` represents `1000ns`.

## system_clock

```cpp
class system_clock
```

### Member types
```cpp
using duration   = ETL_CHRONO_SYSTEM_CLOCK_DURATION
using rep        = duration::rep
using period     = duration::period
using time_point = time_point<system_clock, duration>
```

### Member functions
```cpp
static time_point  now() ETL_NOEXCEPT
static time_t      to_time_t(const time_point& t) ETL_NOEXCEPT
static time_point  from_time_t(time_t t) ETL_NOEXCEPT
```

## high_resolution_clock
```cpp
class high_resolution_clock
```

### Member types
```cpp
using duration   = ETL_CHRONO_HIGH_RESOLUTION_CLOCK_DURATION
using rep        = duration::rep
using period     = duration::period
using time_point = time_point<high_resolution_clock, duration>
```

### Member functions
```cpp
static time_point now() ETL_NOEXCEPT
```

## steady_clock
```cpp
class steady_clock
```

### Member types
```cpp
using duration   = ETL_CHRONO_STEADY_CLOCK_DURATION
using rep        = duration::rep
using period     = duration::period
using time_point = time_point<steady_clock, duration>
```

### Member functions
```cpp
static time_point now() ETL_NOEXCEPT
```

## system_time
```cpp
template <typename Duration>
using sys_time = etl::chrono::time_point<etl::chrono::system_clock, Duration>

using sys_seconds = sys_time<etl::chrono::seconds>
using sys_days    = sys_time<etl::chrono::days>
```

## local_time
```cpp
struct local_t
```

```cpp
template <typename TDuration>
using local_time = etl::chrono::time_point<etl::chrono::local_t, TDuration>

using local_seconds = local_time<etl::chrono::seconds>
using local_days    = local_time<etl::chrono::days>
```

## clock_cast

Cast a time point from one clock to another.  
This implementation assumes all clock epochs are the same.

```cpp
template <typename TToClock, 
          typename TFromClock, 
          typename TFromDuration>
ETL_CONSTEXPR14 etl::chrono::time_point<TToClock, 
                                        typename TToClock::duration>
  clock_cast(const etl::chrono::time_point<TFromClock, TFromDuration>& from_time_point) ETL_NOEXCEPT
```