Getsystemtimepreciseasfiletime | Windows 7

Or did it?

This function is the gold standard for getting the current UTC time with high precision (microseconds/milliseconds) on modern Windows. But here’s the kicker: . getsystemtimepreciseasfiletime windows 7

if (!pFunc) hKernel32 = GetModuleHandleA("kernel32.dll"); pFunc = (GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTimePtr) GetProcAddress(hKernel32, "GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime"); Or did it

If you’ve ever needed to measure short time intervals (like benchmarking code, network latency, or frame timing) on Windows, you know the journey: GetTickCount , QueryPerformanceCounter , GetSystemTimeAsFileTime ... and then there's GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime . or frame timing) on Windows

if (pFunc) pFunc(ft); // Windows 8+ or lucky Win7 else GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(ft); // Fallback for Windows 7

#include <windows.h> typedef VOID (WINAPI *GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTimePtr)(LPFILETIME lpSystemTimeAsFileTime);