(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! SDL2 is the current stable version!)

SDL_GetCurrentTime

Gets the current value of the system realtime clock in nanoseconds since Jan 1, 1970 in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_time.h>

Syntax

int SDL_GetCurrentTime(SDL_Time *ticks);

Function Parameters

ticks the SDL_Time to hold the returned tick count

Return Value

Returns 0 on success or -1 on error; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryTime