[ILUG] [OT] C time_elapsed function

[Padraig Brady]

Treanor, Ciaran wrote:

>>Note time() and gettimeofday() both return seconds since 1970,
>>and hence won't do as the value returned isn't guaranteed to
>>monotonically increase (as the system date can change).
>>
> 
> There ain't nothing you can do about that.
> 
> Have you looked at /proc/uptime ? It gives the time in seconds
> since the last boot.
> 
> Ciaran T.

I could use this but:
1. It wraps after 472 days
2. It's linux specific

Padraig