On Mar 22, 10:03 pm, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Godzilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Just found out that win32api.GetTickCount() returns a tick count in > >milli-second since XP started. Not sure whether that is reliable. > >Anyone uses that for calculating elapsed time? > > What do you mean by "reliable"? The tick count is updated as part of > scheduling during timer interrupts. As long as no one disables interrupts > for more than about 15ms, it is reliable. > > However, it's only a 32-bit value, so the number rolls over every 49 days. > -- > Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Try getting XP or Vista to stay up for 49 days. I have had Vista stay up for a little over 11 days. If it doesn't crash, it will have to be rebooted for some update or other. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
