I reckon the man is wrong. On Windows I am getting
similar results to yours.

Victor

>
>
> hi -
>
> i tested the manual example for rtclock ...
>
> instr 1
>    ; Get the system time.
>    k1 rtclock
>    ; Print it once per second.
>    printk 1, k1
> endin
>
> ; Play Instrument #1 for two seconds.
> i 1 0 2
> e
>
> ..and expected something like this (from the manual
> example)
>
>   i   1 time     0.00002: 1018236096.00000
>   i   1 time     1.00002: 1018236224.00000
>
>
> but i get with output to dac:
>
>   i   1 time     0.00002:     0.01464
>   i   1 time     1.00000:     1.01257
>   i   1 time     2.00000:     2.01394
>
> and with output to file:
>
>   i   1 time     0.00002:     0.09404
>   i   1 time     1.00000:     0.27993
>   i   1 time     2.00000:     0.33443
>
> so it seems to give cpu time, right? is this the correct
> behavior for   rtclock, or is this a bug (at least under
> os x)? is there an other   way of getting the universal
> time in seconds?
>
> thanks for help -
>
>     joachim
>