using System;

namespace ClockStone
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Provides access to a high precision system time value
    /// </summary>
    static public class SystemTime
    {
        static private double _timeAtLaunch = time;

        /// <summary>
        /// Return the system time in seconds since 1st of January 0001
        /// </summary>
        static public double time
        {
            get
            {
                const double ticks2seconds = 1 / (double) TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond;
                long ticks = DateTime.Now.Ticks;
                double seconds = ( (double) ticks ) * ticks2seconds;
                return seconds;
            }

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Return the system time in seconds since the program launch
        /// </summary>
        static public double timeSinceLaunch
        {
            get
            {
                return time - _timeAtLaunch;
            }
        }
    }
}