getRealTime

fnlong getRealTime()

Queries the system wall-clock time.

This call is functionally equivalent to [glib.global.getCurrentTime] except that the return value is often more convenient than dealing with a #GTimeVal.

You should only use this call if you are actually interested in the real wall-clock time. [glib.global.getMonotonicTime] is probably more useful for measuring intervals.

Returns

the number of microseconds since January 1, 1970 UTC.