Generate high resolution timestamp

[bahmanm]

I find myself frequently needing to generate a µs precision timestamp.

some-target :
	@echo Microseconds:                $(call now,micros)
	@echo Milliseconds:                $(call now,millis)
	@echo Seconds:                     $(call now,secs)
	@echo Default precision (millis):  $(call now)

$ make some-target
Microseconds:                1693049901575259
Milliseconds:                1693049901575   
Seconds:                     1693049902  
Default precision (millis):  1693049901575   

This can be used to name log files or to prefix log entries w/ an accurate timestamp.

❓ The question is, is it a common enough use-cases to be included in bmakelib?

See also

• Thread on Mastodon
• Post on lemmy.ml