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Adding Multitasking Capability to Applications Using Multiprocessing Services

   

Time Utility Functions

Multiprocessing Services provides the following time utility functions:

• UpTime obtains the time elapsed since system startup.
• DurationToAbsolute converts time from units of type Duration to units of type AbsoluteTime .
• AbsoluteToDuration converts time from units of type AbsoluteTime to units of type Duration .