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Chapter 4 - Date, Time, and Measurement Utilities / Date, Time, and Measurement Utilities Reference

Data Structures

The Unsigned Wide Record

The Microseconds procedure uses the unsigned wide record to return the number of microseconds elapsed since system startup time. The UnsignedWide data type defines the format for the unsigned wide record.

UnsignedWide =    {Microseconds procedure return type}
   PACKED RECORD
      hi:      LongInt;          {high-order 32 bits}
      lo:      LongInt;          {low-order 32 bits}
   END;

Field Description

hi

The high-order 32 bits

lo

The low-order 32 bits