Interface HRTime

bigint

• bigint(): bigint

  The bigint version of the {@link hrtime()} method returning the current high-resolution real time in nanoseconds as a bigint.

  Unlike {@link hrtime()}, it does not support an additional time argument since the difference can just be computed directly by subtraction of the two bigints.

  import { hrtime } from 'node:process';
  
  const start = hrtime.bigint();
  // 191051479007711n
  
  setTimeout(() => {
    const end = hrtime.bigint();
    // 191052633396993n
  
    console.log(`Benchmark took ${end - start} nanoseconds`);
    // Benchmark took 1154389282 nanoseconds
  }, 1000);
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  Returns bigint