ppapi/api/pp_time.idl

/* Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 * found in the LICENSE file.
 */

/**
 * This file defines time, time ticks and time delta types.
 */


/**
 * The <code>PP_Time</code> type represents the "wall clock time" according
 * to the browser and is defined as the number of seconds since the Epoch
 * (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970).
 */
[assert_size(8)]
typedef double_t PP_Time;

/**
 * A <code>PP_TimeTicks</code> value represents time ticks which are measured
 * in seconds and are used for indicating the time that certain messages were
 * received. In contrast to <code>PP_Time</code>, <code>PP_TimeTicks</code>
 * does not correspond to any actual wall clock time and will not change
 * discontinuously if the user changes their computer clock.
 *
 * The units are in seconds, but are not measured relative to any particular
 * epoch, so the most you can do is compare two values.
 */
[assert_size(8)]
typedef double_t PP_TimeTicks;

/**
 * A <code>PP_TimeDelta</code> value represents a duration of time which is
 * measured in seconds.
 */
[assert_size(8)]
typedef double_t PP_TimeDelta;