Chapter 3. Timestamp Functions

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function::get_cycles - Processor cycle count.
function::gettimeofday_ns - Number of nanoseconds since UNIX epoch.
function::gettimeofday_us - Number of microseconds since UNIX epoch.
function::gettimeofday_ms - Number of milliseconds since UNIX epoch.
function::gettimeofday_s - Number of seconds since UNIX epoch.

Each timestamp function returns a value to indicate when a function is executed. These returned values can then be used to indicate when an event occurred, provide an ordering for events, or compute the amount of time elapsed between two time stamps.