//
//  $Id$
//
//  SPDateAdditions.m
//  sequel-pro
//
//  Created by Rowan Beentje (rowan.beent.je) on February 22, 2012
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#include <mach/mach_time.h>

@implementation NSDate (SPDateAdditions)

/**
 * Retrieve a monotonic time for timing purposes: a value of a number of seconds
 * which can be use for relative time comparison in a monotonic sense, eg in a 
 * particular session this value will only ever increase linearly.
 * This differs from (for example) unix epoch timestamps or dates, which can change
 * when the system time changes or synchs, but should never be used for absolute time
 * as it is based on the elapsed time since the system booted.
 */
+ (double)monotonicTimeInterval
{
	uint64_t elapsedTime_t = mach_absolute_time();
	Nanoseconds nanosecondsElapsed = AbsoluteToNanoseconds(*(AbsoluteTime *)&(elapsedTime_t));

	return (((double)UnsignedWideToUInt64(nanosecondsElapsed)) * 1e-9);
}

@end