What is timeutil?

timeutil is a C-backed Lua module for wall-clock time, monotonic time, and blocking sleep.

It lets Lua read Unix wall-clock timestamps, measure elapsed monotonic time, and pause execution for a duration.

Compatibility

timeutil supports:

• Lua 5.1
• Lua 5.2
• Lua 5.3
• Lua 5.4
• Lua 5.5
• LuaJIT

Use Cases

• Get Unix wall-clock time from Lua.
• Measure elapsed time without wall-clock jumps.
• Sleep for fractional-second durations.
• Write timing, polling, timeout, and benchmark code.