From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,51aec3e725649fde X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-01 22:56:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!enews.sgi.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Fairly simple question about using time in Ada References: <3BB5330E.806F9097@worldnet.att.net> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 05:56:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 1002002195 24.7.82.199 (Mon, 01 Oct 2001 22:56:35 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 22:56:35 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13602 Date: 2001-10-02T05:56:35+00:00 List-Id: >The "time" type is used to hold an absolute time value. Its resolution >is at least to the 0.1 millisecond level. Many compilers depend on the clock time, which on (DOS or) Windows systems can be quite long. There's a test program on www.adapower.com Search for "timing the clock".