calculate_remaining_time
if remaining_time > 20ms // maybe as much as 50
re-queue the handler for 10ms time
else
{
while( remaining_time > 0 ) calculate_remaining_time;
do_your_thing();
re-queue the handler for 100ms before the next required time
}
var Timer = function(){
var framebuffer = 0,
var msSinceInitialized = 0,
var timer = this;
var timeAtLastInterval = new Date().getTime();
setInterval(function(){
var frametime = new Date().getTime();
var timeElapsed = frametime - timeAtLastInterval;
msSinceInitialized += timeElapsed;
timeAtLastInterval = frametime;
},1);
this.setInterval = function(callback,timeout,arguments) {
var timeStarted = msSinceInitialized;
var interval = setInterval(function(){
var totaltimepassed = msSinceInitialized - timeStarted;
if (totaltimepassed >= timeout) {
callback(arguments);
timeStarted = msSinceInitialized;
}
},1);
return interval;
}
}
var timer = new Timer();
timer.setInterval(function(){console.log("This timer will not drift."),1000}
const start = performance.now()
// I wonder how long this comment takes to parse
const end = performance.now()
const result = (end - start) + ' ms'
const adjusted = round(2, result) // see above rounding function
Node Js
// Start timer
const startTimer = () => process.hrtime()
// End timer
const endTimer = (time) => {
const diff = process.hrtime(time)
const NS_PER_SEC = 1e9
const result = (diff[0] * NS_PER_SEC + diff[1])
const elapsed = Math.round((result * 0.0000010))
return elapsed
}
// This end timer converts the number from nanoseconds into milliseconds;
// you can find the nanosecond version if you need some seriously high-resolution timers.
const start = startTimer()
// I wonder how long this comment takes to parse
const end = endTimer(start)
console.log(end + ' ms')