get_real_time

Queries the system wall-clock time.

This is equivalent to the UNIX [`gettimeofday()`](man:gettimeofday(2)) function, but portable.

You should only use this call if you are actually interested in the real wall-clock time. [func@GLib.get_monotonic_time] is probably more useful for measuring intervals.

Returns:

the number of microseconds since January 1, 1970 UTC