Query on get_clock()->now()

asked 2020-07-03 10:26:14 -0500

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Hi,

I am trying to update the msg header stamp using the below method.

custom_msg.header.stamp = get_clock()->now();

Seems like this updates both sec and nanosec field in the stamp.

In the subscriber node, I need to use this timestamp to calculate the time difference. I have pasted the sample output below.

   header:
      stamp:
        sec: 1593787132
        nanosec: 472017003
      frame_id: custom_node
    ---
    header:
      stamp:
        sec: 1593787132
        nanosec: 672051846
      frame_id: custom_node
    ---
    header:
      stamp:
        sec: 1593787132
        nanosec: 872009918
      frame_id: custom_node
    ---
    header:
      stamp:
        sec: 1593787133
        nanosec: 71999048
      frame_id: custom_node
    ---
    header:
      stamp:
        sec: 1593787133
        nanosec: 271995190
      frame_id: custom_node
    ---
    header:
      stamp:
        sec: 1593787133
        nanosec: 471998850
      frame_id: custom_node
    ---
    header:
      stamp:
        sec: 1593787133
        nanosec: 671974068
      frame_id: custom_node
    ---
    header:
      stamp:
        sec: 1593787133
        nanosec: 871955846
      frame_id: custom_node
    ---

Looks like I can not use the time in sec as it not changing in every cycle. And in nanosec the time value decreases in some of the cycles resulting in negative difference.

Could anybody please explain how the nanosec is being updated. My understanding is that the value has to increase in each cycle.

Thank you, KK

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answered 2020-07-10 13:04:22 -0500

sloretz
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Could anybody please explain how the nanosec is being updated. My understanding is that the value has to increase in each cycle.

The current time is the seconds + nanoseconds. Notice that when nanosec decreased it's because sec increased by 1.

To calculate the difference between two times you'll need to get the difference between the sum of those two. Thankfully there's already rclcpp::Time and rclcpp::Duration classes to handle that. Create two instances of rclcpp::Time for the start time and end time, then subtract the two to get an rclcpp::Duration containing the difference.

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Thanks for the clear explanation. I was thinking both are not related to each other.

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answered 2022-01-19 14:02:24 -0500

Debanik Roy
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rclcpp::Time now = this->get_clock()->now();
rclcpp::Time when = this->get_clock()->now() - rclcpp::Duration(5, 0);
rclcpp::Time t_delta = now + rclcpp::Duration(1/10, 0);

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