[Boost-users] boost::posix_time::ptime - performance

For 1 million invocations of boost::posix_time::ptime ptm (boost::posix_time::microsec_clock::local_time() ); // Get current time It takes about 1 sec. However, gettimeofday takes about 300 ms. gettimeofday takes about 300 ms. // struct timeval tv; // gettimeofday(&tv, NULL); Any pointers on why it takes so long? I want to ensure that timestamp call are not expensive. Any suggestion/recommendation? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ph : (732) 647 5679 Email: khandelwal.amit@gmail.com Web: http://khandelwal.amit.googlepages.com/home -------------------------------------------------------------------