/*
 * utility.cpp
 *
 *  Created on: Mar 22, 2011
 *      Author: ditlevsen
 */

#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <cstdlib>

// get time stamp in seconds using Native Linux Time Measurement
double get_timestamp() {
	struct timeval tp;
	double sec, usec;
	gettimeofday(&tp, NULL);
	sec = static_cast<double>( tp.tv_sec );
	usec = static_cast<double>( tp.tv_usec )/1E6;
	return sec + usec;
}