Module type Tick.PCLOCK

module type PCLOCK = sig .. end

The type for POSIX time clocks.

PCLOCK provides access to POSIX time and the system current time zone offset.

This time does not increase monotically and is subject to system calendar time adjustements. It can go back in time, and as such should not be used to measure wall-clock time spans.

POSIX Clock

val now_d_ps : unit -> int * int64

now_d_ps () is (d, ps) representing the POSIX time occuring at d * 86'400e12 + ps POSIX picoseconds from the epoch 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. ps is in the range [0;86_399_999_999_999_999L]. By definition this time is always on the UTC timeline.
Raises Sys_error if the time can't be determined. This exception should only be catched at the toplevel of your program to log and it and abort the program. It indicates a serious error condition in the system.

val period_d_ps : unit -> (int * int64) option

period_d_ps () is Some (d, ps), representing the clock's picosecond period d * 86'400e12 + ps, if known. ps is in the range [0;86_399_999_999_999_999L].

System time zone offset

val current_tz_offset_s : unit -> int option

current_tz_offset_s () is the system's current local time zone offset to UTC in seconds, if know. This is the duration local time - UTC time in seconds.