public static member function
<chrono>
static time_point now() noexcept;
Get current time
Example
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 | // steady_clock example
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <ratio>
#include <chrono>
int main ()
{
  using namespace std::chrono;
  steady_clock::time_point clock_begin = steady_clock::now();
  std::cout << "printing out 1000 stars...\n";
  for (int i=0; i<1000; ++i) std::cout << "*";
  std::cout << std::endl;
  steady_clock::time_point clock_end = steady_clock::now();
  steady_clock::duration time_span = clock_end - clock_begin;
  double nseconds = double(time_span.count()) * steady_clock::period::num / steady_clock::period::den;
  std::cout << "It took me " << nseconds << " seconds.";
  std::cout << std::endl;
  return 0;
}
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Possible output:
| printing out 1000 stars...
********************************************************************************
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It took me 0.084003 seconds.
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