Anomaly in time.clock()

[Craig]

On Mar 22, 10:03 pm, Tim Roberts <t... at probo.com> wrote:
> Godzilla <godzillais... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Just found out that win32api.GetTickCount() returns a tick count in
> >milli-second since XP started. Not sure whether that is reliable.
> >Anyone uses that for calculating elapsed time?
>
> What do you mean by "reliable"?  The tick count is updated as part of
> scheduling during timer interrupts.  As long as no one disables interrupts
> for more than about 15ms, it is reliable.
>
> However, it's only a 32-bit value, so the number rolls over every 49 days.
> --
> Tim Roberts, t... at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

Try getting XP or Vista to stay up for 49 days. I have had Vista stay
up for a little over 11 days. If it doesn't crash, it will have to be
rebooted for some update or other.