How to deal with a wrapping counter in embedded C

Question

I need to deal with a counter that gives me ticks for my application. The counter is 32bits so what i need to know is how to deal with it when it wraps. for example:

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Answer 1

The question is a bit vague. One possibility is to set a flag when you first notice that the time has elapsed. A surefire way would be add a second counter which is incremented when the first counter overflows. This will in effect create a 64 bit counter which won't overflow.