std::chrono::steady_clock::now - cppreference.com (original) (raw)

Returns a time point representing the current point in time.

[edit] Return value

A time point representing the current time.

[edit] Example

#include #include #include #include #include #include   volatile int sink; // prevents optimization   void do_some_work(std::size_t size) { std::vector v(size, 42); sink = std::accumulate(v.begin(), v.end(), 0); // ensures side effect }   int main() { std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(9) << std::left; for (auto size{1ull}; size < 1000'000'000ull; size *= 100) { const auto start = std::chrono::steady_clock::now(); do_some_work(size); const auto end = std::chrono::steady_clock::now(); const std::chrono::duration diff = end - start;   std::cout << "diff = " << diff << "; size = " << size << '\n'; } }

Possible output:

diff = 0.000005415s; size = 1 diff = 0.000001986s; size = 100 diff = 0.000051633s; size = 10000 diff = 0.006043920s; size = 1000000 diff = 0.636128648s; size = 100000000