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Time module in Python provides various time-related functions. This module comes under Python’s standard utility modules. time.clock_gettime_ns() method of Time module is used to get the time (in nanoseconds) of the specified clock clk_id. Basically, clk_id is a integer value which represents the id of the clock. Following are the constants available on UNIX platforms that can be used as value of clk_id parameter:
clk_id clk_id constant Meaning
0 time.CLOCK_REALTIME System-wide real-time clock
1 time.CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID High-resolution per-process timer from the CPU
2 time.CLOCK_MONOTONIC It represents monotonic time since some unspecified starting point
3 time.CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID Thread-specific CPU-time clock
4 time.CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW Similar to time.CLOCK_MONOTONIC, but provides access to a raw hardware-based time that is not subject to NTP adjustments
Syntax: time.clock_gettime(clk_id) Parameter: clk_id: A clk_id constant or an integer value representing clk_id of the clock. Return type: This method returns a float value which represents the time in nanoseconds of the specified clock clk_id.
Code #1: Use of time.clock_gettime_ns() method Python3
# Python program to explain time.clock_gettime_ns() method

# importing time module
import time


# clk_id for System-wide real-time clock
clk_id1 = time.CLOCK_REALTIME

# clk_id for monotonic clock
clk_id2 = time.CLOCK_MONOTONIC

# clk_id for monotonic (Raw hardware
# based time) clock
clk_id3 = time.CLOCK_MONOTONIC

# clk_id for Thread-specific CPU-time clock
clk_id4 = time.CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID

# clk_id for High-resolution
# per-process timer from the CPU
clk_id5 = time.CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID


# Get the time (in nanoseconds) of the above 
# specified clock clk_ids
# using time.clock_gettime_ns() method
t1 = time.clock_gettime_ns(clk_id1)
t2 = time.clock_gettime_ns(clk_id2)
t3 = time.clock_gettime_ns(clk_id3)
t4 = time.clock_gettime_ns(clk_id4)
t5 = time.clock_gettime_ns(clk_id5)


# Print the time (in nanoseconds) of 
# different clock clk_ids
print("System-wide real-time clock time: % d nanoseconds" % t1)
print("Monotonic clock time: % d nanoseconds" % t2)
print("Monotonic (raw-hardware based) clock time: % d nanoseconds" % t3)
print("Thread-specific CPU time clock: % d nanoseconds" % t4)
print("Per-process timer from the CPU: % d nanoseconds" % t5)  
Output:
System-wide real-time clock time: 1568588052857445167 nanoseconds
Monotonic clock time: 13129927039288 nanoseconds
Monotonic (raw-hardware based) clock time: 13129927039811 nanoseconds
Thread-specific CPU time clock: 27169892 nanoseconds
Per-process timer from the CPU: 27171779 nanoseconds
Code #2: Using an integer value as parameter of time.clock_gettime_ns() method Python3
# Python program to explain time.clock_gettime_ns() method

# importing time module
import time


# value of clk_id for time.CLOCK_REALTIME
# clock id constant which represents
# System-wide real-time clock is 0
clk_id1 = 0

# value of clk_id for time.CLOCK_MONOTONIC
# clock id constant which represents
# a monotonic clock is 2
clk_id2 = 2


# Get the time in nanoseconds)
# for the specified clock clk_ids
# using time.clock_gettime_ns() method
t1 = time.clock_gettime_ns(clk_id1)
t2 = time.clock_gettime_ns(clk_id2)

# Print the time in nanoseconds
print("System-wide real-time clock time: % d nanoseconds" % t1)
print("Monotonic clock time: % d nanoseconds" % t2)
Output:
System-wide real-time clock time: 1568588180971305067 nanoseconds
Monotonic clock time: 13258040899143 nanoseconds
Reference: https://docs.python.org/3/library/time.html#time.clock_gettime

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