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+## Contains types and utilities for timestamps.
+
+{.push raises: [Defect].}
+
+proc getNanosecondTime*(t: float64): int64 = 
+  var tns = t*100000000
+  return tns
+
+proc getMicrosecondTime*(t: float64): int64 = 
+  var tmus = t*1000000
+  return tns
+
+proc getMillisecondTime*(t: float64): int64 = 
+  var tms = t*1000
+  return tms
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