I’m trying to avoid creating an NSDate object since my code is heavy in needing the ‘current time’. I end up calling [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970] a lot. Is there any way to get the time interval without instantiating the object?
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I’m trying to avoid creating an NSDate object since my code is heavy in needing the ‘current time’. I end up calling [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970] a lot. Is there any way to get the time interval without instantiating the object?
CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrentgives you similar accuracy – no object required.CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrentuses a different base (or reference date), so you will have to initially determine the offset or the bases if you need to use another reference date (e.g. relative to some time in 1970).