Time stamp in the C programming language

Question

How do I stamp two times t1 and t2 and get the difference in milliseconds in C?

Answer 1

how about this solution? I didn't see anything like this in my search. I am trying to avoid division and make solution simpler.

   struct timeval cur_time1, cur_time2, tdiff;

   gettimeofday(&cur_time1,NULL);
   sleep(1);
   gettimeofday(&cur_time2,NULL);

   tdiff.tv_sec = cur_time2.tv_sec - cur_time1.tv_sec;
   tdiff.tv_usec = cur_time2.tv_usec + (1000000 - cur_time1.tv_usec);

   while(tdiff.tv_usec > 1000000)
   {
      tdiff.tv_sec++;
      tdiff.tv_usec -= 1000000;
      printf("updated tdiff tv_sec:%ld tv_usec:%ld\n",tdiff.tv_sec, tdiff.tv_usec);
   }

   printf("end tdiff tv_sec:%ld tv_usec:%ld\n",tdiff.tv_sec, tdiff.tv_usec);