Platform_Time Class Reference
[Platform]

Platform independent abstraction of time functions. More...

Inheritance diagram for Platform_Time:

List of all members.

Classes
struct	SystemTime
Public Member Functions
virtual	~Platform_Time ()
virtual float	GetTime ()=0
virtual SystemTime	GetSystemTime (bool utcTime=false)=0

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Detailed Description

Platform independent abstraction of time functions.

Author:

Mattias Gustavsson

Provides functionality to get the current time, in various ways.

Definition at line 20 of file Platform_Time.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual Platform_Time::~Platform_Time

(

)

[virtual]

Destructor

Definition at line 26 of file Platform_Time.h.

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Member Function Documentation

virtual float Platform_Time::GetTime

(

)

[pure virtual]

Retrieves the current time, as measured from the start of the application

Returns:

The number of seconds since the application was started

Implemented in Platform_NULL_Time, and Platform_Win32_Time.

virtual SystemTime Platform_Time::GetSystemTime

(

bool

utcTime = false

)

[pure virtual]

Retrieves the local current date and time. If the utcTime parameter is set to true, the UTC (universal time) equivalent to the local time is returned.

Returns:

The current date and time (local or UTC)

Parameters:

utcTime

When set to true, specifies that UTC time should be retrieved instead of local time

Implemented in Platform_NULL_Time, and Platform_Win32_Time.