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1//! Temporal quantification.
2//!
3//! # Examples
4//!
5//! There are multiple ways to create a new [`Duration`]:
6//!
7//! ```
8//! # use std::time::Duration;
9//! let five_seconds = Duration::from_secs(5);
10//! assert_eq!(five_seconds, Duration::from_millis(5_000));
11//! assert_eq!(five_seconds, Duration::from_micros(5_000_000));
12//! assert_eq!(five_seconds, Duration::from_nanos(5_000_000_000));
13//!
14//! let ten_seconds = Duration::from_secs(10);
15//! let seven_nanos = Duration::from_nanos(7);
16//! let total = ten_seconds + seven_nanos;
17//! assert_eq!(total, Duration::new(10, 7));
18//! ```
19//!
20//! Using [`Instant`] to calculate how long a function took to run:
21//!
22//! ```ignore (incomplete)
23//! let now = Instant::now();
24//!
25//! // Calling a slow function, it may take a while
26//! slow_function();
27//!
28//! let elapsed_time = now.elapsed();
29//! println!("Running slow_function() took {} seconds.", elapsed_time.as_secs());
30//! ```
31
32#![stable(feature = "time", since = "1.3.0")]
33
34#[stable(feature = "time", since = "1.3.0")]
35pub use core::time::Duration;
36#[stable(feature = "duration_checked_float", since = "1.66.0")]
37pub use core::time::TryFromFloatSecsError;
38
39use crate::error::Error;
40use crate::fmt;
41use crate::ops::{Add, AddAssign, Sub, SubAssign};
42use crate::sys::{FromInner, IntoInner, time};
43
44/// A measurement of a monotonically nondecreasing clock.
45/// Opaque and useful only with [`Duration`].
46///
47/// Instants are always guaranteed, barring [platform bugs], to be no less than any previously
48/// measured instant when created, and are often useful for tasks such as measuring
49/// benchmarks or timing how long an operation takes.
50///
51/// Note, however, that instants are **not** guaranteed to be **steady**. In other
52/// words, each tick of the underlying clock might not be the same length (e.g.
53/// some seconds may be longer than others). An instant may jump forwards or
54/// experience time dilation (slow down or speed up), but it will never go
55/// backwards.
56/// As part of this non-guarantee it is also not specified whether system suspends count as
57/// elapsed time or not. The behavior varies across platforms and Rust versions.
58///
59/// Instants are opaque types that can only be compared to one another. There is
60/// no method to get "the number of seconds" from an instant. Instead, it only
61/// allows measuring the duration between two instants (or comparing two
62/// instants).
63///
64/// The size of an `Instant` struct may vary depending on the target operating
65/// system.
66///
67/// Example:
68///
69/// ```no_run
70/// use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
71/// use std::thread::sleep;
72///
73/// fn main() {
74///    let now = Instant::now();
75///
76///    // we sleep for 2 seconds
77///    sleep(Duration::new(2, 0));
78///    // it prints '2'
79///    println!("{}", now.elapsed().as_secs());
80/// }
81/// ```
82///
83/// [platform bugs]: Instant#monotonicity
84///
85/// # OS-specific behaviors
86///
87/// An `Instant` is a wrapper around system-specific types and it may behave
88/// differently depending on the underlying operating system. For example,
89/// the following snippet is fine on Linux but panics on macOS:
90///
91/// ```no_run
92/// use std::time::{Instant, Duration};
93///
94/// let now = Instant::now();
95/// let days_per_10_millennia = 365_2425;
96/// let solar_seconds_per_day = 60 * 60 * 24;
97/// let millennium_in_solar_seconds = 31_556_952_000;
98/// assert_eq!(millennium_in_solar_seconds, days_per_10_millennia * solar_seconds_per_day / 10);
99///
100/// let duration = Duration::new(millennium_in_solar_seconds, 0);
101/// println!("{:?}", now + duration);
102/// ```
103///
104/// For cross-platform code, you can comfortably use durations of up to around one hundred years.
105///
106/// # Underlying System calls
107///
108/// The following system calls are [currently] being used by `now()` to find out
109/// the current time:
110///
111/// |  Platform |               System call                                            |
112/// |-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
113/// | SGX       | [`insecure_time` usercall]. More information on [timekeeping in SGX] |
114/// | UNIX      | [clock_gettime] with `CLOCK_MONOTONIC`                               |
115/// | WASI      | [clock_gettime] with `CLOCK_MONOTONIC`                               |
116/// | Darwin    | [clock_gettime] with `CLOCK_UPTIME_RAW`                              |
117/// | VXWorks   | [clock_gettime] with `CLOCK_MONOTONIC`                               |
118/// | SOLID     | `get_tim`                                                            |
119/// | Windows   | [QueryPerformanceCounter]                                            |
120///
121/// [currently]: crate::io#platform-specific-behavior
122/// [QueryPerformanceCounter]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/profileapi/nf-profileapi-queryperformancecounter
123/// [`insecure_time` usercall]: https://edp.fortanix.com/docs/api/fortanix_sgx_abi/struct.Usercalls.html#method.insecure_time
124/// [timekeeping in SGX]: https://edp.fortanix.com/docs/concepts/rust-std/#codestdtimecode
125/// [clock_gettime]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/clock_getres.html
126///
127/// **Disclaimer:** These system calls might change over time.
128///
129/// > Note: mathematical operations like [`add`] may panic if the underlying
130/// > structure cannot represent the new point in time.
131///
132/// [`add`]: Instant::add
133///
134/// ## Monotonicity
135///
136/// On all platforms `Instant` will try to use an OS API that guarantees monotonic behavior
137/// if available, which is the case for all [tier 1] platforms.
138/// In practice such guarantees are – under rare circumstances – broken by hardware, virtualization
139/// or operating system bugs. To work around these bugs and platforms not offering monotonic clocks
140/// [`duration_since`], [`elapsed`] and [`sub`] saturate to zero. In older Rust versions this
141/// lead to a panic instead. [`checked_duration_since`] can be used to detect and handle situations
142/// where monotonicity is violated, or `Instant`s are subtracted in the wrong order.
143///
144/// This workaround obscures programming errors where earlier and later instants are accidentally
145/// swapped. For this reason future Rust versions may reintroduce panics.
146///
147/// [tier 1]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/platform-support.html
148/// [`duration_since`]: Instant::duration_since
149/// [`elapsed`]: Instant::elapsed
150/// [`sub`]: Instant::sub
151/// [`checked_duration_since`]: Instant::checked_duration_since
152///
153#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
154#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
155#[cfg_attr(not(test), rustc_diagnostic_item = "Instant")]
156pub struct Instant(time::Instant);
157
158/// A measurement of the system clock, useful for talking to
159/// external entities like the file system or other processes.
160///
161/// Distinct from the [`Instant`] type, this time measurement **is not
162/// monotonic**. This means that you can save a file to the file system, then
163/// save another file to the file system, **and the second file has a
164/// `SystemTime` measurement earlier than the first**. In other words, an
165/// operation that happens after another operation in real time may have an
166/// earlier `SystemTime`!
167///
168/// Consequently, comparing two `SystemTime` instances to learn about the
169/// duration between them returns a [`Result`] instead of an infallible [`Duration`]
170/// to indicate that this sort of time drift may happen and needs to be handled.
171///
172/// Although a `SystemTime` cannot be directly inspected, the [`UNIX_EPOCH`]
173/// constant is provided in this module as an anchor in time to learn
174/// information about a `SystemTime`. By calculating the duration from this
175/// fixed point in time, a `SystemTime` can be converted to a human-readable time,
176/// or perhaps some other string representation.
177///
178/// The size of a `SystemTime` struct may vary depending on the target operating
179/// system.
180///
181/// A `SystemTime` does not count leap seconds.
182/// `SystemTime::now()`'s behavior around a leap second
183/// is the same as the operating system's wall clock.
184/// The precise behavior near a leap second
185/// (e.g. whether the clock appears to run slow or fast, or stop, or jump)
186/// depends on platform and configuration,
187/// so should not be relied on.
188///
189/// Example:
190///
191/// ```no_run
192/// use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
193/// use std::thread::sleep;
194///
195/// fn main() {
196///    let now = SystemTime::now();
197///
198///    // we sleep for 2 seconds
199///    sleep(Duration::new(2, 0));
200///    match now.elapsed() {
201///        Ok(elapsed) => {
202///            // it prints '2'
203///            println!("{}", elapsed.as_secs());
204///        }
205///        Err(e) => {
206///            // the system clock went backwards!
207///            println!("Great Scott! {e:?}");
208///        }
209///    }
210/// }
211/// ```
212///
213/// # Platform-specific behavior
214///
215/// The precision of `SystemTime` can depend on the underlying OS-specific time format.
216/// For example, on Windows the time is represented in 100 nanosecond intervals whereas Linux
217/// can represent nanosecond intervals.
218///
219/// The following system calls are [currently] being used by `now()` to find out
220/// the current time:
221///
222/// |  Platform |               System call                                            |
223/// |-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
224/// | SGX       | [`insecure_time` usercall]. More information on [timekeeping in SGX] |
225/// | UNIX      | [clock_gettime (Realtime Clock)]                                     |
226/// | WASI      | [clock_gettime (Realtime Clock)]                                     |
227/// | Darwin    | [clock_gettime (Realtime Clock)]                                     |
228/// | VXWorks   | [clock_gettime (Realtime Clock)]                                     |
229/// | SOLID     | `SOLID_RTC_ReadTime`                                                 |
230/// | Windows   | [GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime] / [GetSystemTimeAsFileTime]         |
231///
232/// [currently]: crate::io#platform-specific-behavior
233/// [`insecure_time` usercall]: https://edp.fortanix.com/docs/api/fortanix_sgx_abi/struct.Usercalls.html#method.insecure_time
234/// [timekeeping in SGX]: https://edp.fortanix.com/docs/concepts/rust-std/#codestdtimecode
235/// [clock_gettime (Realtime Clock)]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/clock_getres.html
236/// [GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/sysinfoapi/nf-sysinfoapi-getsystemtimepreciseasfiletime
237/// [GetSystemTimeAsFileTime]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/sysinfoapi/nf-sysinfoapi-getsystemtimeasfiletime
238///
239/// **Disclaimer:** These system calls might change over time.
240///
241/// > Note: mathematical operations like [`add`] may panic if the underlying
242/// > structure cannot represent the new point in time.
243///
244/// [`add`]: SystemTime::add
245/// [`UNIX_EPOCH`]: SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH
246#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
247#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
248pub struct SystemTime(time::SystemTime);
249
250/// An error returned from the `duration_since` and `elapsed` methods on
251/// `SystemTime`, used to learn how far in the opposite direction a system time
252/// lies.
253///
254/// # Examples
255///
256/// ```no_run
257/// use std::thread::sleep;
258/// use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
259///
260/// let sys_time = SystemTime::now();
261/// sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
262/// let new_sys_time = SystemTime::now();
263/// match sys_time.duration_since(new_sys_time) {
264///     Ok(_) => {}
265///     Err(e) => println!("SystemTimeError difference: {:?}", e.duration()),
266/// }
267/// ```
268#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
269#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
270pub struct SystemTimeError(Duration);
271
272impl Instant {
273    /// Returns an instant corresponding to "now".
274    ///
275    /// # Examples
276    ///
277    /// ```
278    /// use std::time::Instant;
279    ///
280    /// let now = Instant::now();
281    /// ```
282    #[must_use]
283    #[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
284    #[cfg_attr(not(test), rustc_diagnostic_item = "instant_now")]
285    pub fn now() -> Instant {
286        Instant(time::Instant::now())
287    }
288
289    /// Returns the amount of time elapsed from another instant to this one,
290    /// or zero duration if that instant is later than this one.
291    ///
292    /// # Panics
293    ///
294    /// Previous Rust versions panicked when `earlier` was later than `self`. Currently this
295    /// method saturates. Future versions may reintroduce the panic in some circumstances.
296    /// See [Monotonicity].
297    ///
298    /// [Monotonicity]: Instant#monotonicity
299    ///
300    /// # Examples
301    ///
302    /// ```no_run
303    /// use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
304    /// use std::thread::sleep;
305    ///
306    /// let now = Instant::now();
307    /// sleep(Duration::new(1, 0));
308    /// let new_now = Instant::now();
309    /// println!("{:?}", new_now.duration_since(now));
310    /// println!("{:?}", now.duration_since(new_now)); // 0ns
311    /// ```
312    #[must_use]
313    #[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
314    pub fn duration_since(&self, earlier: Instant) -> Duration {
315        self.checked_duration_since(earlier).unwrap_or_default()
316    }
317
318    /// Returns the amount of time elapsed from another instant to this one,
319    /// or None if that instant is later than this one.
320    ///
321    /// Due to [monotonicity bugs], even under correct logical ordering of the passed `Instant`s,
322    /// this method can return `None`.
323    ///
324    /// [monotonicity bugs]: Instant#monotonicity
325    ///
326    /// # Examples
327    ///
328    /// ```no_run
329    /// use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
330    /// use std::thread::sleep;
331    ///
332    /// let now = Instant::now();
333    /// sleep(Duration::new(1, 0));
334    /// let new_now = Instant::now();
335    /// println!("{:?}", new_now.checked_duration_since(now));
336    /// println!("{:?}", now.checked_duration_since(new_now)); // None
337    /// ```
338    #[must_use]
339    #[stable(feature = "checked_duration_since", since = "1.39.0")]
340    pub fn checked_duration_since(&self, earlier: Instant) -> Option<Duration> {
341        self.0.checked_sub_instant(&earlier.0)
342    }
343
344    /// Returns the amount of time elapsed from another instant to this one,
345    /// or zero duration if that instant is later than this one.
346    ///
347    /// # Examples
348    ///
349    /// ```no_run
350    /// use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
351    /// use std::thread::sleep;
352    ///
353    /// let now = Instant::now();
354    /// sleep(Duration::new(1, 0));
355    /// let new_now = Instant::now();
356    /// println!("{:?}", new_now.saturating_duration_since(now));
357    /// println!("{:?}", now.saturating_duration_since(new_now)); // 0ns
358    /// ```
359    #[must_use]
360    #[stable(feature = "checked_duration_since", since = "1.39.0")]
361    pub fn saturating_duration_since(&self, earlier: Instant) -> Duration {
362        self.checked_duration_since(earlier).unwrap_or_default()
363    }
364
365    /// Returns the amount of time elapsed since this instant.
366    ///
367    /// # Panics
368    ///
369    /// Previous Rust versions panicked when the current time was earlier than self. Currently this
370    /// method returns a Duration of zero in that case. Future versions may reintroduce the panic.
371    /// See [Monotonicity].
372    ///
373    /// [Monotonicity]: Instant#monotonicity
374    ///
375    /// # Examples
376    ///
377    /// ```no_run
378    /// use std::thread::sleep;
379    /// use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
380    ///
381    /// let instant = Instant::now();
382    /// let three_secs = Duration::from_secs(3);
383    /// sleep(three_secs);
384    /// assert!(instant.elapsed() >= three_secs);
385    /// ```
386    #[must_use]
387    #[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
388    pub fn elapsed(&self) -> Duration {
389        Instant::now() - *self
390    }
391
392    /// Returns `Some(t)` where `t` is the time `self + duration` if `t` can be represented as
393    /// `Instant` (which means it's inside the bounds of the underlying data structure), `None`
394    /// otherwise.
395    #[stable(feature = "time_checked_add", since = "1.34.0")]
396    pub fn checked_add(&self, duration: Duration) -> Option<Instant> {
397        self.0.checked_add_duration(&duration).map(Instant)
398    }
399
400    /// Returns `Some(t)` where `t` is the time `self - duration` if `t` can be represented as
401    /// `Instant` (which means it's inside the bounds of the underlying data structure), `None`
402    /// otherwise.
403    #[stable(feature = "time_checked_add", since = "1.34.0")]
404    pub fn checked_sub(&self, duration: Duration) -> Option<Instant> {
405        self.0.checked_sub_duration(&duration).map(Instant)
406    }
407
408    // Used by platform specific `sleep_until` implementations such as the one used on Linux.
409    #[cfg_attr(
410        not(target_os = "linux"),
411        allow(unused, reason = "not every platform has a specific `sleep_until`")
412    )]
413    pub(crate) fn into_inner(self) -> time::Instant {
414        self.0
415    }
416}
417
418#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
419impl Add<Duration> for Instant {
420    type Output = Instant;
421
422    /// # Panics
423    ///
424    /// This function may panic if the resulting point in time cannot be represented by the
425    /// underlying data structure. See [`Instant::checked_add`] for a version without panic.
426    #[track_caller]
427    fn add(self, other: Duration) -> Instant {
428        self.checked_add(other).expect("overflow when adding duration to instant")
429    }
430}
431
432#[stable(feature = "time_augmented_assignment", since = "1.9.0")]
433impl AddAssign<Duration> for Instant {
434    fn add_assign(&mut self, other: Duration) {
435        *self = *self + other;
436    }
437}
438
439#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
440impl Sub<Duration> for Instant {
441    type Output = Instant;
442
443    #[track_caller]
444    fn sub(self, other: Duration) -> Instant {
445        self.checked_sub(other).expect("overflow when subtracting duration from instant")
446    }
447}
448
449#[stable(feature = "time_augmented_assignment", since = "1.9.0")]
450impl SubAssign<Duration> for Instant {
451    fn sub_assign(&mut self, other: Duration) {
452        *self = *self - other;
453    }
454}
455
456#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
457impl Sub<Instant> for Instant {
458    type Output = Duration;
459
460    /// Returns the amount of time elapsed from another instant to this one,
461    /// or zero duration if that instant is later than this one.
462    ///
463    /// # Panics
464    ///
465    /// Previous Rust versions panicked when `other` was later than `self`. Currently this
466    /// method saturates. Future versions may reintroduce the panic in some circumstances.
467    /// See [Monotonicity].
468    ///
469    /// [Monotonicity]: Instant#monotonicity
470    fn sub(self, other: Instant) -> Duration {
471        self.duration_since(other)
472    }
473}
474
475#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
476impl fmt::Debug for Instant {
477    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
478        self.0.fmt(f)
479    }
480}
481
482impl SystemTime {
483    /// An anchor in time which can be used to create new `SystemTime` instances or
484    /// learn about where in time a `SystemTime` lies.
485    //
486    // NOTE! this documentation is duplicated, here and in std::time::UNIX_EPOCH.
487    // The two copies are not quite identical, because of the difference in naming.
488    ///
489    /// This constant is defined to be "1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC" on all systems with
490    /// respect to the system clock. Using `duration_since` on an existing
491    /// `SystemTime` instance can tell how far away from this point in time a
492    /// measurement lies, and using `UNIX_EPOCH + duration` can be used to create a
493    /// `SystemTime` instance to represent another fixed point in time.
494    ///
495    /// `duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_secs()` returns
496    /// the number of non-leap seconds since the start of 1970 UTC.
497    /// This is a POSIX `time_t` (as a `u64`),
498    /// and is the same time representation as used in many Internet protocols.
499    ///
500    /// # Examples
501    ///
502    /// ```no_run
503    /// use std::time::SystemTime;
504    ///
505    /// match SystemTime::now().duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH) {
506    ///     Ok(n) => println!("1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC was {} seconds ago!", n.as_secs()),
507    ///     Err(_) => panic!("SystemTime before UNIX EPOCH!"),
508    /// }
509    /// ```
510    #[stable(feature = "assoc_unix_epoch", since = "1.28.0")]
511    pub const UNIX_EPOCH: SystemTime = UNIX_EPOCH;
512
513    /// Represents the maximum value representable by [`SystemTime`] on this platform.
514    ///
515    /// This value differs a lot between platforms, but it is always the case
516    /// that any positive addition of a [`Duration`], whose value is greater
517    /// than or equal to the time precision of the operating system, to
518    /// [`SystemTime::MAX`] will fail.
519    ///
520    /// # Examples
521    ///
522    /// ```no_run
523    /// #![feature(time_systemtime_limits)]
524    /// use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
525    ///
526    /// // Adding zero will change nothing.
527    /// assert_eq!(SystemTime::MAX.checked_add(Duration::ZERO), Some(SystemTime::MAX));
528    ///
529    /// // But adding just one second will already fail ...
530    /// //
531    /// // Keep in mind that this in fact may succeed, if the Duration is
532    /// // smaller than the time precision of the operating system, which
533    /// // happens to be 1ns on most operating systems, with Windows being the
534    /// // notable exception by using 100ns, hence why this example uses 1s.
535    /// assert_eq!(SystemTime::MAX.checked_add(Duration::new(1, 0)), None);
536    ///
537    /// // Utilize this for saturating arithmetic to improve error handling.
538    /// // In this case, we will use a certificate with a timestamp in the
539    /// // future as a practical example.
540    /// let configured_offset = Duration::from_secs(60 * 60 * 24);
541    /// let valid_after =
542    ///     SystemTime::now()
543    ///         .checked_add(configured_offset)
544    ///         .unwrap_or(SystemTime::MAX);
545    /// ```
546    #[unstable(feature = "time_systemtime_limits", issue = "149067")]
547    pub const MAX: SystemTime = SystemTime(time::SystemTime::MAX);
548
549    /// Represents the minimum value representable by [`SystemTime`] on this platform.
550    ///
551    /// This value differs a lot between platforms, but it is always the case
552    /// that any positive subtraction of a [`Duration`] from, whose value is
553    /// greater than or equal to the time precision of the operating system, to
554    /// [`SystemTime::MIN`] will fail.
555    ///
556    /// Depending on the platform, this may be either less than or equal to
557    /// [`SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH`], depending on whether the operating system
558    /// supports the representation of timestamps before the Unix epoch or not.
559    /// However, it is always guaranteed that a [`SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH`] fits
560    /// between a [`SystemTime::MIN`] and [`SystemTime::MAX`].
561    ///
562    /// # Examples
563    ///
564    /// ```
565    /// #![feature(time_systemtime_limits)]
566    /// use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
567    ///
568    /// // Subtracting zero will change nothing.
569    /// assert_eq!(SystemTime::MIN.checked_sub(Duration::ZERO), Some(SystemTime::MIN));
570    ///
571    /// // But subtracting just one second will already fail.
572    /// //
573    /// // Keep in mind that this in fact may succeed, if the Duration is
574    /// // smaller than the time precision of the operating system, which
575    /// // happens to be 1ns on most operating systems, with Windows being the
576    /// // notable exception by using 100ns, hence why this example uses 1s.
577    /// assert_eq!(SystemTime::MIN.checked_sub(Duration::new(1, 0)), None);
578    ///
579    /// // Utilize this for saturating arithmetic to improve error handling.
580    /// // In this case, we will use a cache expiry as a practical example.
581    /// let configured_expiry = Duration::from_secs(60 * 3);
582    /// let expiry_threshold =
583    ///     SystemTime::now()
584    ///         .checked_sub(configured_expiry)
585    ///         .unwrap_or(SystemTime::MIN);
586    /// ```
587    #[unstable(feature = "time_systemtime_limits", issue = "149067")]
588    pub const MIN: SystemTime = SystemTime(time::SystemTime::MIN);
589
590    /// Returns the system time corresponding to "now".
591    ///
592    /// # Examples
593    ///
594    /// ```
595    /// use std::time::SystemTime;
596    ///
597    /// let sys_time = SystemTime::now();
598    /// ```
599    #[must_use]
600    #[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
601    pub fn now() -> SystemTime {
602        SystemTime(time::SystemTime::now())
603    }
604
605    /// Returns the amount of time elapsed from an earlier point in time.
606    ///
607    /// This function may fail because measurements taken earlier are not
608    /// guaranteed to always be before later measurements (due to anomalies such
609    /// as the system clock being adjusted either forwards or backwards).
610    /// [`Instant`] can be used to measure elapsed time without this risk of failure.
611    ///
612    /// If successful, <code>[Ok]\([Duration])</code> is returned where the duration represents
613    /// the amount of time elapsed from the specified measurement to this one.
614    ///
615    /// Returns an [`Err`] if `earlier` is later than `self`, and the error
616    /// contains how far from `self` the time is.
617    ///
618    /// # Examples
619    ///
620    /// ```no_run
621    /// use std::time::SystemTime;
622    ///
623    /// let sys_time = SystemTime::now();
624    /// let new_sys_time = SystemTime::now();
625    /// let difference = new_sys_time.duration_since(sys_time)
626    ///     .expect("Clock may have gone backwards");
627    /// println!("{difference:?}");
628    /// ```
629    #[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
630    pub fn duration_since(&self, earlier: SystemTime) -> Result<Duration, SystemTimeError> {
631        self.0.sub_time(&earlier.0).map_err(SystemTimeError)
632    }
633
634    /// Returns the difference from this system time to the
635    /// current clock time.
636    ///
637    /// This function may fail as the underlying system clock is susceptible to
638    /// drift and updates (e.g., the system clock could go backwards), so this
639    /// function might not always succeed. If successful, <code>[Ok]\([Duration])</code> is
640    /// returned where the duration represents the amount of time elapsed from
641    /// this time measurement to the current time.
642    ///
643    /// To measure elapsed time reliably, use [`Instant`] instead.
644    ///
645    /// Returns an [`Err`] if `self` is later than the current system time, and
646    /// the error contains how far from the current system time `self` is.
647    ///
648    /// # Examples
649    ///
650    /// ```no_run
651    /// use std::thread::sleep;
652    /// use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
653    ///
654    /// let sys_time = SystemTime::now();
655    /// let one_sec = Duration::from_secs(1);
656    /// sleep(one_sec);
657    /// assert!(sys_time.elapsed().unwrap() >= one_sec);
658    /// ```
659    #[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
660    pub fn elapsed(&self) -> Result<Duration, SystemTimeError> {
661        SystemTime::now().duration_since(*self)
662    }
663
664    /// Returns `Some(t)` where `t` is the time `self + duration` if `t` can be represented as
665    /// `SystemTime` (which means it's inside the bounds of the underlying data structure), `None`
666    /// otherwise.
667    ///
668    /// In the case that the `duration` is smaller than the time precision of the operating
669    /// system, `Some(self)` will be returned.
670    #[stable(feature = "time_checked_add", since = "1.34.0")]
671    pub fn checked_add(&self, duration: Duration) -> Option<SystemTime> {
672        self.0.checked_add_duration(&duration).map(SystemTime)
673    }
674
675    /// Returns `Some(t)` where `t` is the time `self - duration` if `t` can be represented as
676    /// `SystemTime` (which means it's inside the bounds of the underlying data structure), `None`
677    /// otherwise.
678    ///
679    /// In the case that the `duration` is smaller than the time precision of the operating
680    /// system, `Some(self)` will be returned.
681    #[stable(feature = "time_checked_add", since = "1.34.0")]
682    pub fn checked_sub(&self, duration: Duration) -> Option<SystemTime> {
683        self.0.checked_sub_duration(&duration).map(SystemTime)
684    }
685
686    /// Saturating [`SystemTime`] addition, computing `self + duration`,
687    /// returning [`SystemTime::MAX`] if overflow occurred.
688    ///
689    /// In the case that the `duration` is smaller than the time precision of
690    /// the operating system, `self` will be returned.
691    #[unstable(feature = "time_saturating_systemtime", issue = "151199")]
692    pub fn saturating_add(&self, duration: Duration) -> SystemTime {
693        self.checked_add(duration).unwrap_or(SystemTime::MAX)
694    }
695
696    /// Saturating [`SystemTime`] subtraction, computing `self - duration`,
697    /// returning [`SystemTime::MIN`] if overflow occurred.
698    ///
699    /// In the case that the `duration` is smaller than the time precision of
700    /// the operating system, `self` will be returned.
701    #[unstable(feature = "time_saturating_systemtime", issue = "151199")]
702    pub fn saturating_sub(&self, duration: Duration) -> SystemTime {
703        self.checked_sub(duration).unwrap_or(SystemTime::MIN)
704    }
705
706    /// Saturating computation of time elapsed from an earlier point in time,
707    /// returning [`Duration::ZERO`] in the case that `earlier` is later or
708    /// equal to `self`.
709    ///
710    /// # Examples
711    ///
712    /// ```no_run
713    /// #![feature(time_saturating_systemtime)]
714    /// use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
715    ///
716    /// let now = SystemTime::now();
717    /// let prev = now.saturating_sub(Duration::new(1, 0));
718    ///
719    /// // now - prev should return non-zero.
720    /// assert_eq!(now.saturating_duration_since(prev), Duration::new(1, 0));
721    /// assert!(now.duration_since(prev).is_ok());
722    ///
723    /// // prev - now should return zero (and fail with the non-saturating).
724    /// assert_eq!(prev.saturating_duration_since(now), Duration::ZERO);
725    /// assert!(prev.duration_since(now).is_err());
726    ///
727    /// // now - now should return zero (and work with the non-saturating).
728    /// assert_eq!(now.saturating_duration_since(now), Duration::ZERO);
729    /// assert!(now.duration_since(now).is_ok());
730    /// ```
731    #[unstable(feature = "time_saturating_systemtime", issue = "151199")]
732    pub fn saturating_duration_since(&self, earlier: SystemTime) -> Duration {
733        self.duration_since(earlier).unwrap_or(Duration::ZERO)
734    }
735}
736
737#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
738impl Add<Duration> for SystemTime {
739    type Output = SystemTime;
740
741    /// # Panics
742    ///
743    /// This function may panic if the resulting point in time cannot be represented by the
744    /// underlying data structure. See [`SystemTime::checked_add`] for a version without panic.
745    #[track_caller]
746    fn add(self, dur: Duration) -> SystemTime {
747        self.checked_add(dur).expect("overflow when adding duration to `SystemTime`")
748    }
749}
750
751#[stable(feature = "time_augmented_assignment", since = "1.9.0")]
752impl AddAssign<Duration> for SystemTime {
753    fn add_assign(&mut self, other: Duration) {
754        *self = *self + other;
755    }
756}
757
758#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
759impl Sub<Duration> for SystemTime {
760    type Output = SystemTime;
761
762    #[track_caller]
763    fn sub(self, dur: Duration) -> SystemTime {
764        self.checked_sub(dur).expect("overflow when subtracting duration from `SystemTime`")
765    }
766}
767
768#[stable(feature = "time_augmented_assignment", since = "1.9.0")]
769impl SubAssign<Duration> for SystemTime {
770    fn sub_assign(&mut self, other: Duration) {
771        *self = *self - other;
772    }
773}
774
775#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
776impl fmt::Debug for SystemTime {
777    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
778        self.0.fmt(f)
779    }
780}
781
782/// An anchor in time which can be used to create new `SystemTime` instances or
783/// learn about where in time a `SystemTime` lies.
784//
785// NOTE! this documentation is duplicated, here and in SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH.
786// The two copies are not quite identical, because of the difference in naming.
787///
788/// This constant is defined to be "1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC" on all systems with
789/// respect to the system clock. Using `duration_since` on an existing
790/// [`SystemTime`] instance can tell how far away from this point in time a
791/// measurement lies, and using `UNIX_EPOCH + duration` can be used to create a
792/// [`SystemTime`] instance to represent another fixed point in time.
793///
794/// `duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_secs()` returns
795/// the number of non-leap seconds since the start of 1970 UTC.
796/// This is a POSIX `time_t` (as a `u64`),
797/// and is the same time representation as used in many Internet protocols.
798///
799/// # Examples
800///
801/// ```no_run
802/// use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
803///
804/// match SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH) {
805///     Ok(n) => println!("1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC was {} seconds ago!", n.as_secs()),
806///     Err(_) => panic!("SystemTime before UNIX EPOCH!"),
807/// }
808/// ```
809#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
810pub const UNIX_EPOCH: SystemTime = SystemTime(time::UNIX_EPOCH);
811
812impl SystemTimeError {
813    /// Returns the positive duration which represents how far forward the
814    /// second system time was from the first.
815    ///
816    /// A `SystemTimeError` is returned from the [`SystemTime::duration_since`]
817    /// and [`SystemTime::elapsed`] methods whenever the second system time
818    /// represents a point later in time than the `self` of the method call.
819    ///
820    /// # Examples
821    ///
822    /// ```no_run
823    /// use std::thread::sleep;
824    /// use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
825    ///
826    /// let sys_time = SystemTime::now();
827    /// sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
828    /// let new_sys_time = SystemTime::now();
829    /// match sys_time.duration_since(new_sys_time) {
830    ///     Ok(_) => {}
831    ///     Err(e) => println!("SystemTimeError difference: {:?}", e.duration()),
832    /// }
833    /// ```
834    #[must_use]
835    #[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
836    pub fn duration(&self) -> Duration {
837        self.0
838    }
839}
840
841#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
842impl Error for SystemTimeError {}
843
844#[stable(feature = "time2", since = "1.8.0")]
845impl fmt::Display for SystemTimeError {
846    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
847        write!(f, "second time provided was later than self")
848    }
849}
850
851impl FromInner<time::SystemTime> for SystemTime {
852    fn from_inner(time: time::SystemTime) -> SystemTime {
853        SystemTime(time)
854    }
855}
856
857impl IntoInner<time::SystemTime> for SystemTime {
858    fn into_inner(self) -> time::SystemTime {
859        self.0
860    }
861}