X server programming question

[Man-wai CHANG]

> When a key is pressed, the X event contains a timestamp. It seems this
> is timestamp is, by design, a relative value related to when the X
> server started. Perfectly ok for relative timing, especially between
> networked machine, for which X is designed.
> 
> I want to get the absolute PC time. I have seen discussions of this on
> gaming sites, and no one has suggested a real solution. So, I am asking
> here to see what knowledge there may be.

Are you trying to alter the X protocol?

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