mach_gettime.c

#include "mach_gettime.h"
#include <mach/mach_time.h>

#define MT_NANO (+1.0E-9)
#define MT_GIGA UINT64_C(1000000000)

// TODO create a list of timers,
static double mt_timebase = 0.0;
static uint64_t mt_timestart = 0;

int clock_gettime(clockid_t clk_id, struct timespec *tp)
{
    kern_return_t retval = KERN_SUCCESS;
    if( clk_id == TIMER_ABSTIME) {
        if (!mt_timestart) { // only one timer, initilized on the first call to the TIMER
            mach_timebase_info_data_t tb = { 0 };
            mach_timebase_info(&tb);
            mt_timebase = tb.numer;
            mt_timebase /= tb.denom;
            mt_timestart = mach_absolute_time();
        }

        double diff = (mach_absolute_time() - mt_timestart) * mt_timebase;
        tp->tv_sec = diff * MT_NANO;
        tp->tv_nsec = diff - (tp->tv_sec * MT_GIGA);
    }
    else { // other clk_ids are mapped to the coresponding mach clock_service
        clock_serv_t cclock;
        mach_timespec_t mts;

        host_get_clock_service(mach_host_self(), clk_id, &cclock);
        retval = clock_get_time(cclock, &mts);
        mach_port_deallocate(mach_task_self(), cclock);

        tp->tv_sec = mts.tv_sec;
        tp->tv_nsec = mts.tv_nsec;
    }

    return retval;
}

/*  Copyright (c) 2015-2018 Alf Watt - Open Source - https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT */

mach_gettime.h

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/_types/_timespec.h>
#include <mach/mach.h>
#include <mach/clock.h>

#ifndef mach_time_h
#define mach_time_h

/* The opengroup spec isn't clear on the mapping from REALTIME to CALENDAR
 being appropriate or not.
 http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695299/basedefs/time.h.html */

// XXX only supports a single timer
#define TIMER_ABSTIME -1
#define CLOCK_REALTIME CALENDAR_CLOCK
#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC SYSTEM_CLOCK

typedef int clockid_t;

/* the mach kernel uses struct mach_timespec, so struct timespec
    is loaded from <sys/_types/_timespec.h> for compatability */
// struct timespec { time_t tv_sec; long tv_nsec; };

int clock_gettime(clockid_t clk_id, struct timespec *tp);

#endif

/*  Copyright (c) 2015-2018 Alf Watt - Open Source - https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT */

Apologies for the delay, MIT License applied: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

Hi, @alfwatt I need your help please.
I have an @iMac mid 2009. Every time I ran vagrant, get the clock_gettime error, I fairly new t programming, I ned you to guide me where exactly I have to put this code at for it to work. Thank you. email > ndmbachia3@gmail.com