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| author | Chris Denton <christophersdenton@gmail.com> | 2022-01-29 20:41:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Chris Denton <christophersdenton@gmail.com> | 2022-01-29 20:41:18 +0000 |
| commit | 0189a21c19c70d52c6c410df00f3ea48b445b9a3 (patch) | |
| tree | 2eaee85bc36690c26b68df5557cb6670fa14700d | |
| parent | a00e130dae74a213338e2b095ec855156d8f3d8a (diff) | |
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Document `SystemTime` platform precision
| -rw-r--r-- | library/std/src/time.rs | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/library/std/src/time.rs b/library/std/src/time.rs index b4f9d8ea28d..2d2b96c8bce 100644 --- a/library/std/src/time.rs +++ b/library/std/src/time.rs @@ -176,7 +176,12 @@ pub struct Instant(time::Instant); /// } /// ``` /// -/// # Underlying System calls +/// # Platform-specific behavior +/// +/// The precision of `SystemTime` can depend on the underlying OS-specific time format. +/// For example, on Windows the time is represented in 100 nanosecond intervals whereas Linux +/// can represent nanosecond intervals. +/// /// Currently, the following system calls are being used to get the current time using `now()`: /// /// | Platform | System call | |