std.time

import std.time

Library item providing functions related with time.

Functions

time.now() -> Float

Returns the current system time as a floating-point Unix timestamp (seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970).

time.now() # result: 1719417301.123

time.mark() -> Float

Returns a floating-point milestone representing seconds elapsed since an internal process baseline (the first call to mark or elapsed). Useful for measuring relative intervals.

let start = time.mark()

time.elapsed(prev_mark: Float) -> Float

Calculates the relative time difference (in seconds) between the current runtime state and a previously captured milestone generated from mark.

let start = time.mark()
# ... do work ...
let duration = time.elapsed(start)

time.sleep(ms: Int) -> Null

Suspends execution of the current thread for a specified duration in milliseconds.

time.sleep(1000) # Sleeps for 1 second