(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is the current stable version. SDL2 was the previous version!)

SDL_GetTicks

Get the number of milliseconds since SDL library initialization.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_timer.h>

Syntax

Uint64 SDL_GetTicks(void);

Return Value

(Uint64) Returns an unsigned 64-bit value representing the number of milliseconds since the SDL library initialized.

Thread Safety

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

Code Examples

int variable;
bool quit = false;
unsigned int lastTime = 0, currentTime;
while (!quit) {
  // do stuff
  // ...

  // Print a report once per second
  currentTime = SDL_GetTicks();
  if (currentTime > lastTime + 1000) {
    printf("Report: %d\n", variable);
    lastTime = currentTime;
  }
}

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CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryTimer

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