monotonic.py

# From: http://bugs.python.org/file19461/monotonic.py
# Bug: http://bugs.python.org/issue10278

import platform

if platform.system() not in ('Windows', 'Darwin'):
    from ctypes import Structure, c_long, CDLL, c_int, POINTER, byref
    from ctypes.util import find_library

    if platform.system() == 'FreeBSD':
        CLOCK_MONOTONIC = 4
    else:
        CLOCK_MONOTONIC = 1

    class timespec(Structure):
        _fields_ = [
            ('tv_sec', c_long),
            ('tv_nsec', c_long)
        ]

    librt_filename = find_library('rt')
    if not librt_filename:
        # On Debian Lenny (Python 2.5.2), find_library() is unable
        # to locate /lib/librt.so.1
        librt_filename = 'librt.so.1'
    librt = CDLL(librt_filename)
    _clock_gettime = librt.clock_gettime
    _clock_gettime.argtypes = (c_int, POINTER(timespec))

    def monotonic_time():
        """
        Clock that cannot be set and represents monotonic time since some
        unspecified starting point. The unit is a second.
        """
        t = timespec()
        _clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, byref(t))
        return t.tv_sec + t.tv_nsec / 1e9
else:
    try:
        from win32api import GetTickCount
        def monotonic_time():
            return GetTickCount / 1000.0
    except ImportError:
        from time import time as monotonic_time