+ // If possible, use a function which avoids conversions from
+ // broken-up time structures to milliseconds
+
+#if defined(__WXMSW__) && defined(__MWERKS__)
+ // This should probably be the way all WXMSW compilers should do it
+ // Go direct to the OS for time
+
+ SYSTEMTIME thenst = { 1970, 1, 4, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 }; // 00:00:00 Jan 1st 1970
+ FILETIME thenft;
+ SystemTimeToFileTime( &thenst, &thenft );
+ wxLongLong then( thenft.dwHighDateTime, thenft.dwLowDateTime ); // time in 100 nanoseconds
+
+ SYSTEMTIME nowst;
+ GetLocalTime( &nowst );
+ FILETIME nowft;
+ SystemTimeToFileTime( &nowst, &nowft );
+ wxLongLong now( nowft.dwHighDateTime, nowft.dwLowDateTime ); // time in 100 nanoseconds
+
+ return ( now - then ) / 10000.0; // time from 00:00:00 Jan 1st 1970 to now in milliseconds
+
+#elif defined(HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY)