[erlang-questions] Node uptime

[Ulf Wiger]

On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:09:51 +0100, Håkan Huss <huss01@REDACTED> wrote:

> Check out erlang:statistics(wall_clock).
>
> /Håkan

statistics(wall_clock) wraps after ca 37 hours.

 From overload.erl:

%% Mask equal to 2^27 - 1, used below.
-define(mask27, 16#7ffffff).

%% Returns number of milliseconds in the range [0, 2^27 - 1]. Must have
%% this since statistics(wall_clock) wraps. Having 2^27 -1 as the max
%% assures that we always get non-negative integers. 2^27 milliseconds
%% are approx. 37.28 hours.
get_now() ->
     element(1, statistics(wall_clock)) band ?mask27.

This means that unless you get in from the start and continuously
sample statistics(wall_clock), it can't be relied upon.

BR,
Ulf W
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