INFO: GetCurrentTime and GetTickCount Functions Identical

ID: Q45702

The information in this article applies to:

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

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, "Current time = %lu\nTick count = %lu",
            dwCurrTime, dwTickCount);

   MessageBox (hWnd, szCurrTime, "Times", MB_OK);


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Last Reviewed: March 3, 1999