# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
-"""Metric library."""
+"""Metric library.
+
+Time measurements are done by time.time().
+Although time.time() is susceptible to big (or even negative) jumps
+when a system is badly synchronized, it is still better
+than time.monotonic(), as that value has no relation to epoch time.
+"""
from collections import namedtuple
from threading import Lock
-from time import monotonic
+from time import time
import re
"""
with self._lock:
self._value += amount
- self._timestamp = monotonic()
+ self._timestamp = time()
def set(self, value):
"""
"""
with self._lock:
self._value = value
- self._timestamp = monotonic()
+ self._timestamp = time()
def get(self):
"""
:rtype: tuple
"""
with self._lock:
- return ((u"_info", self._value, 1.0, monotonic()),)
+ return ((u"_info", self._value, 1.0, time()),)