#ifndef _MSC_VER // [
#error "Use this header only with Microsoft Visual C++ compilers!"
#endif // _MSC_VER ]

#ifndef _MSC_SYS_TIME_H_
#define _MSC_SYS_TIME_H_

// prevent windows.h from clobbering min and max functions with macros
#ifndef NOMINMAX
#define NOMINMAX
#endif

//http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vcgeneral/thread/430449b3-f6dd-4e18-84de-eebd26a8d668
#include < time.h >
#include <windows.h> //I've omitted this line.
#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(_MSC_EXTENSIONS)
  #define DELTA_EPOCH_IN_MICROSECS  11644473600000000Ui64
#else
  #define DELTA_EPOCH_IN_MICROSECS  11644473600000000ULL
#endif

#if _MSC_VER < 1900
struct timespec {

time_t tv_sec; /* Seconds since 00:00:00 GMT, */

/* 1 January 1970 */

long tv_nsec; /* Additional nanoseconds since */

/* tv_sec */

};
#endif

struct timezone
{
  int  tz_minuteswest; /* minutes W of Greenwich */
  int  tz_dsttime;     /* type of dst correction */
};

static inline int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz)
{
  FILETIME ft;
  unsigned __int64 tmpres = 0;
  static int tzflag;

  if (NULL != tv)
  {
    GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&ft);

    tmpres |= ft.dwHighDateTime;
    tmpres <<= 32;
    tmpres |= ft.dwLowDateTime;

    /*converting file time to unix epoch*/
    tmpres -= DELTA_EPOCH_IN_MICROSECS;
    tv->tv_sec = (long)(tmpres / 1000000UL);
    tv->tv_usec = (long)(tmpres % 1000000UL);
  }

  if (NULL != tz)
  {
    if (!tzflag)
    {
      _tzset();
      tzflag++;
    }
    tz->tz_minuteswest = _timezone / 60;
    tz->tz_dsttime = _daylight;
  }

  return 0;
}

#endif //_MSC_SYS_TIME_H_
