JavaScript gettimeofday

Returns the current time as array

function gettimeofday ( return_float ) {
    // Returns the current time as array  
    // 
    // version: 1008.1718
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/gettimeofday    // + original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // +      derived from: Josh Fraser (http://onlineaspect.com/2007/06/08/auto-detect-a-time-zone-with-javascript/)
    // +         parts by: Breaking Par Consulting Inc (http://www.breakingpar.com/bkp/home.nsf/0/87256B280015193F87256CFB006C45F7)
    // +  revised by: Theriault
    // *   example 1: gettimeofday();    // *   returns 1: {sec: 12, usec: 153000, minuteswest: -480, dsttime: 0}
    // *   example 1: gettimeofday(true);
    // *   returns 1: 1238748978.49
    var t = new Date(), y = 0;
     if (return_float) {
        return t.getTime() / 1000;
    }
 
    y = t.getFullYear(); // Store current year. 
    return {
        sec : t.getUTCSeconds(),
        usec : t.getUTCMilliseconds() * 1000,
        minuteswest : t.getTimezoneOffset(),        // Compare Jan 1 minus Jan 1 UTC to Jul 1 minus Jul 1 UTC to see if DST is observed.
        dsttime : 0 + (((new Date(y, 0)) - Date.UTC(y, 0)) !== ((new Date(y, 6)) - Date.UTC(y, 6)))
    };
}

external links: original PHP docs | raw js source

Examples

Running

1 2	gettimeofday(); gettimeofday(true);

Should return

1	1238748978.49

Dependencies

No dependencies, you can use this function standalone.

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