# std::chrono::utc_clock::now

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static std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::utc_clock> now(); |  | (since C++20)

Returns a time point representing the current point in time. The result is calculated as if by std::chrono::utc_clock::from_sys(std::chrono::system_clock::now()). Implementations may use a more accurate value of UTC time.

### Parameters

(none)

### Return value

A time point representing the current time.

### Example

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    #include <iostream>
    #include <vector>
    #include <numeric>
    #include <chrono>

    volatile int sink;
    int main()
    {
        for (auto size = 1ull; size < 1000000000ull; size *= 100) {
            // record start time
            auto start = std::chrono::utc_clock::now();
            // do some work
            std::vector<int> v(size, 42);
            sink = std::accumulate(v.begin(), v.end(), 0u); // make sure it's a side effect
            // record end time
            auto end = std::chrono::utc_clock::now();
            std::chrono::duration<double> diff = end-start;
            std::cout << "Time to fill and iterate a vector of "
                      << size << " ints : " << diff.count() << " s\n";
        }
    }

Possible output:

    Time to fill and iterate a vector of 1 ints : 2.43e-07 s
    Time to fill and iterate a vector of 100 ints : 4.1e-07 s
    Time to fill and iterate a vector of 10000 ints : 2.519e-05 s
    Time to fill and iterate a vector of 1000000 ints : 0.00207669 s
    Time to fill and iterate a vector of 100000000 ints : 0.423087 s

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