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+#ifndef _CHRONO_H_
+#define _CHRONO_H_
+
+/** Easy interface to measuring time intervals */
+class Chrono {
+public:
+    /** Initialize, setting the origin time */
+    Chrono();
+
+    /** Re-store current time and return mS since init or last call */
+    long restart();
+    /** Re-store current time and return uS since init or last call */
+    long urestart();
+
+    /** Snapshot current time to static storage */
+    static void refnow();
+
+    /** Return interval value in various units.
+     *
+     * Frozen means give time since the last refnow call (this is to
+     * allow for using one actual system call to get values from many
+     * chrono objects, like when examining timeouts in a queue 
+     */
+    long millis(bool frozen = false);
+    long micros(bool frozen = false);
+    float secs(bool frozen = false);
+
+    /** Return current orig */
+    long long amicros() const;
+
+    struct TimeSpec {
+        time_t tv_sec; /* Time in seconds */
+        long   tv_nsec; /* And nanoseconds (< 10E9) */
+    };
+
+private:
+    TimeSpec m_orig;
+    static TimeSpec o_now;
+};
+
+#endif /* _CHRONO_H_ */