Microsoft KB Archive/45702

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INFO: GetCurrentTime and GetTickCount Functions Identical

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Q45702

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK)
 * Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1

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SUMMARY
The GetCurrentTime and GetTickCount functions are identical. Each returns the number of milliseconds (+/- 55 milliseconds) since the user started Windows, and the return value of each function is declared to be a DWORD.

The following code demonstrates these two functions:

  DWORD dwCurrTime; DWORD dwTickCount; char szCurrTime[50];

dwCurrTime = GetCurrentTime ; dwTickCount = GetTickCount ;

sprintf (szCurrTime, &quot;Current time = %lu\nTick count = %lu&quot;,           dwCurrTime, dwTickCount);

MessageBox (hWnd, szCurrTime, &quot;Times&quot;, MB_OK); Keywords : kbKernBase

Issue type : kbinfo

Technology : kbWin32SDKSearch kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWin32sSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310