sousa-gecko/docs/nspr/reference/pr_tickspersecond.md

PR_TicksPerSecond

Returns the number of ticks per second currently used to determine the value of {ref}PRIntervalTime.

Syntax

#include <prinrval.h>

PRUint32 PR_TicksPerSecond(void);

Returns

An integer between 1000 and 100000 indicating the number of ticks per second counted by {ref}PRIntervalTime on the current platform. This value is platform-dependent and does not change after NSPR is initialized.

Description

The value returned by PR_TicksPerSecond() lies between PR_INTERVAL_MIN and PR_INTERVAL_MAX.

The relationship between a {ref}PRIntervalTime tick and standard clock units is platform-dependent. PR_PR_TicksPerSecond() allows you to discover exactly what that relationship is. Seconds per tick (the inverse of PR_PR_TicksPerSecond()) is always between 10 microseconds and 1 millisecond.