GetProcessTimes

The GetProcessTimes function retrieves timing information for the specified process.

BOOL GetProcessTimes(
  HANDLE hProcess,           // handle to process
  LPFILETIME lpCreationTime, // process creation time
  LPFILETIME lpExitTime,     // process exit time
  LPFILETIME lpKernelTime,   // process kernel-mode time
  LPFILETIME lpUserTime      // process user-mode time
);

Parameters

hProcess

[in] Handle to the process whose timing information is sought. This handle must be created with PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION access. For more information, see Process Security and Access Rights.

lpCreationTime

[out] Pointer to a FILETIME structure that receives the creation time of the process.

lpExitTime

[out] Pointer to a FILETIME structure that receives the exit time of the process. If the process has not exited, the content of this structure is undefined.

lpKernelTime

[out] Pointer to a FILETIME structure that receives the amount of time that the process has executed in kernel mode. The time that each of the threads of the process has executed in kernel mode is determined, and then all of those times are summed together to obtain this value.

lpUserTime

[out] Pointer to a FILETIME structure that receives the amount of time that the process has executed in user mode. The time that each of the threads of the process has executed in user mode is determined, and then all of those times are summed together to obtain this value.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

All times are expressed using FILETIME data structures. Such a structure contains two 32-bit values that combine to form a 64-bit count of 100-nanosecond time units.

Process creation and exit times are points in time expressed as the amount of time that has elapsed since midnight on January 1, 1601 at Greenwich, England. The Win32 API provides several functions that an application can use to convert such values to more generally useful forms.

Process kernel mode and user mode times are amounts of time. For example, if a process has spent one second in kernel mode, this function will fill the FILETIME structure specified by lpKernelTime with a 64-bit value of ten million. That is the number of 100-nanosecond units in one second.

Requirements

  Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows NT 3.5 or later.
  Windows 95/98: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in Winbase.h; include Windows.h.
  Library: Use Kernel32.lib.

See Also

Processes and Threads Overview, Process and Thread Functions, FILETIME, FileTimeToDosDateTime, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, FileTimeToSystemTime