I am currently trying to create a way to display the elapsed seconds (not the difference between cycles). My code is following:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <chrono>
#include <Windows.h>
typedef std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::time_point TIME;
#define TIMENOW() std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now()
#define TIMECAST(x) std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::duration<double>>(x).count()
int main()
{
std::chrono::duration<double> ms;
double t = 0;
while (1)
{
TIME begin = TIMENOW();
int c = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 10000000; i++)
{
c += i*100000;
}
TIME end = TIMENOW();
ms= std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::duration<double>>(end - begin);
t =t+ ms.count();
std::cout << t << std::endl;
}
I expected adding the delta time over and over again to roughly give me the elapsed time in seconds, however I noticed that only if I do i < big number it sort of is fairly accurate. If its only 10,000 or so, t seems to accumulate slower and gradually faster. Maybe I am missing something but isnt the difference my delta time(the elapsed time between this and last cycle) and if I keep adding the delta times up, it should spit out seconds? Any help is appreciated.