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NAME
       Log::Log4perl::Util::TimeTracker - Track time elapsed

SYNOPSIS
         use Log::Log4perl::Util::TimeTracker;

         my $timer = Log::Log4perl::Util::TimeTracker->new();

           # equivalent to Time::HiRes::gettimeofday(), regardless
           # if Time::HiRes is present or not.
         my($seconds, $microseconds) = $timer->gettimeofday();

           # reset internal timer
         $timer->reset();

           # return milliseconds since last reset
         $msecs = $timer->milliseconds();

           # return milliseconds since last call
         $msecs = $timer->delta_milliseconds();

DESCRIPTION
       This utility module helps tracking time elapsed for PatternLayout's
       date and time placeholders. Its accuracy depends on the availability of
       the Time::HiRes module. If it's available, its granularity is
       milliseconds, if not, seconds.

       The most common use of this module is calling the gettimeofday()
       method:

         my($seconds, $microseconds) = $timer->gettimeofday();

       It returns seconds and microseconds of the current epoch time. If
       Time::HiRes is installed, it will simply defer to its gettimeofday()
       function, if it's missing, time() will be called instead and
       $microseconds will always be 0.

       To measure time elapsed in milliseconds, use the reset() method to
       reset the timer to the current time, followed by one or more calls to
       the milliseconds() method:

           # reset internal timer
         $timer->reset();

           # return milliseconds since last reset
         $msecs = $timer->milliseconds();

       On top of the time span between the last reset and the current time,
       the module keeps track of the time between calls to
       delta_milliseconds():

         $msecs = $timer->delta_milliseconds();

       On the first call, this will return the number of milliseconds since
       the last reset(), on subsequent calls, it will return the time elapsed
       in milliseconds since the last call to delta_milliseconds() instead.
       Note that reset() also resets the time of the last call.

       The internal timer of this module gets its time input from the POSIX
       time() function, or, if the Time::HiRes module is available, from its
       gettimeofday() function. To figure out which one it is, use

           if( $timer->hires_available() ) {
               print "Hooray, we get real milliseconds!\n";
           } else {
               print "Milliseconds are just bogus\n";
           }

       For testing purposes, a different time source can be provided, so test
       suites can simulate time passing by without actually having to wait:

         my $start_time = time();

         my $timer = Log::Log4perl::Util::TimeTracker->new(
                 time_function => sub {
                     return $start_time++;
                 },
         );

       Every call to $timer->epoch() will then return a time value that is one
       second ahead of the value returned on the previous call. This also
       means that every call to delta_milliseconds() will return a value that
       exceeds the value returned on the previous call by 1000.

LICENSE
       Copyright 2002-2013 by Mike Schilli <m@perlmeister.com> and Kevin Goess
       <cpan@goess.org>.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR
       Please contribute patches to the project on Github:

           http://github.com/mschilli/log4perl

       Send bug reports or requests for enhancements to the authors via our

       MAILING LIST (questions, bug reports, suggestions/patches):
       log4perl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

       Authors (please contact them via the list above, not directly): Mike
       Schilli <m@perlmeister.com>, Kevin Goess <cpan@goess.org>

       Contributors (in alphabetical order): Ateeq Altaf, Cory Bennett, Jens
       Berthold, Jeremy Bopp, Hutton Davidson, Chris R. Donnelly, Matisse
       Enzer, Hugh Esco, Anthony Foiani, James FitzGibbon, Carl Franks, Dennis
       Gregorovic, Andy Grundman, Paul Harrington, Alexander Hartmaier  David
       Hull, Robert Jacobson, Jason Kohles, Jeff Macdonald, Markus Peter,
       Brett Rann, Peter Rabbitson, Erik Selberg, Aaron Straup Cope, Lars
       Thegler, David Viner, Mac Yang.

perl v5.36.0                      2022-10-30            Util::TimeTracker(3pm)

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