ktime_get_raw_ns(9)

💅 ktime_get_raw_ns

okay so bestie, welcome to the ktime_get_raw_ns(9) page — that's the kernel API manual, and yes it's pronounced "k-time get raw nanoseconds" and yes you're gonna slay it 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

ktime_get_raw_ns — get the raw monotonic time, but make it nanoseconds 🕰️✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u64 ktime_get_raw_ns (void );

that's the whole thing. no cap. 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — literally no arguments, bestie. it takes nothing. zero. empty set. the void is the vibe 💀

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

the current raw monotonic time, converted to nanoseconds. that's it, that's the tea 👑

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

kernel file ./include/linux/timekeeping.h — go read it, it's giving main character energy 📖✨

and the whole friend group of time functions:

• ktime_get_real(9)
• ktime_get_boottime(9)
• ktime_get_clocktai(9)
• ktime_mono_to_real(9)
• ktime_get_ns(9)
• ktime_get_real_ns(9)
• ktime_get_boottime_ns(9)
• ktime_get_clocktai_ns(9)
• struct system_time_snapshot(9)
• struct system_counterval_t(9)
• struct system_device_crosststamp(9)

like, the entire clock clique, iykyk 🌈

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lowkey reminder: this one gives you the raw monotonic time — don't go swapping it for the other clocks unless you actually mean it, bestie 🙈

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and that's the page! source lives in ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and this adorable little entry is ktime_get_raw_ns(9) from the Kernel API Manual. periodt. 💅🎀🫶