- wxLongLong oldTime = wxStartTime;
- wxLongLong newTime = wxGetLocalTimeMillis();
-
- if ( resetTimer )
- wxStartTime = newTime;
-
- return (newTime - oldTime).GetLo();
-}
-
-
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// the functions to get the current time and timezone info
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// Get local time as seconds since 00:00:00, Jan 1st 1970
-long wxGetLocalTime()
-{
- struct tm tm;
- time_t t0, t1;
-
- // This cannot be made static because mktime can overwrite it.
- //
- memset(&tm, 0, sizeof(tm));
- tm.tm_year = 70;
- tm.tm_mon = 0;
- tm.tm_mday = 5; // not Jan 1st 1970 due to mktime 'feature'
- tm.tm_hour = 0;
- tm.tm_min = 0;
- tm.tm_sec = 0;
- tm.tm_isdst = -1; // let mktime guess
-
- // Note that mktime assumes that the struct tm contains local time.
- //
- t1 = time(&t1); // now
- t0 = mktime(&tm); // origin
-
- // Return the difference in seconds.
- //
- if (( t0 != (time_t)-1 ) && ( t1 != (time_t)-1 ))
- return (long)difftime(t1, t0) + (60 * 60 * 24 * 4);
-
- wxLogSysError(_("Failed to get the local system time"));
- return -1;
-}
-
-// Get UTC time as seconds since 00:00:00, Jan 1st 1970
-long wxGetUTCTime()
-{
- struct tm tm, *ptm;
- time_t t0, t1;
-
- // This cannot be made static because mktime can overwrite it
- //
- memset(&tm, 0, sizeof(tm));
- tm.tm_year = 70;
- tm.tm_mon = 0;
- tm.tm_mday = 5; // not Jan 1st 1970 due to mktime 'feature'
- tm.tm_hour = 0;
- tm.tm_min = 0;
- tm.tm_sec = 0;
- tm.tm_isdst = -1; // let mktime guess
-
- // Note that mktime assumes that the struct tm contains local time.
- //
- t1 = time(&t1); // now
- t0 = mktime(&tm); // origin in localtime
-
- if (( t0 != (time_t)-1 ) && ( t1 != (time_t)-1 ))
+ // under MSW timers only work when they're started from the main thread so
+ // let the caller know about it
+#if wxUSE_THREADS
+ wxASSERT_MSG( wxThread::IsMain(),
+ _T("timer can only be started from the main thread") );
+#endif // wxUSE_THREADS
+
+ if ( IsRunning() )