[Python-Dev] time.clock() on windows (original) (raw)

Kristján Valur Jónsson kristjan at ccpgames.com
Fri Oct 23 13:48:25 CEST 2009

Thanks, I'll take a look in that direction.

-----Original Message----- From: Nick Coghlan [mailto:ncoghlan at gmail.com] I've even played with using Kalman filtering to do it... The idea is > to use the low frequency timer to apply correction coefficients to > the high frequency timer, yet keep the flow of time smooth (no > backwards jumps because of corrections.). An optimal solution has so > far eluded me.

That sounds very similar to the problem spec for system time corrections in Network Time Protocol client implementations. Perhaps the time drifting algorithms in the NTP specs are relevant? Or are they too slow to correct discrepancies?

K

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