[core] Add platform abstractions for utils::now()

Some platforms might require special permissions or custom APIs
to access the current time of the day.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/mbgl/platform/time.hpp b/include/mbgl/platform/time.hpp
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+++ b/include/mbgl/platform/time.hpp
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <chrono>
+
+namespace mbgl {
+namespace platform {
+
+// Returns the current time. Abstracted because some platforms
+// will not allow direct access to the current time via syscall.
+std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock, std::chrono::seconds> now();
+
+} // namespace platform
+} // namespace mbgl