System.system_time

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Specs

system_time() :: integer()

Returns the current system time in the :native time unit.

It is the VM view of the os_time/0. They may not match in case of time warps although the VM works towards aligning them. This time is not monotonic.

Inlined by the compiler.

Specs

system_time(time_unit()) :: integer()

Returns the current system time in the given time unit.

It is the VM view of the os_time/0. They may not match in case of time warps although the VM works towards aligning them. This time is not monotonic.