smallTimeConvert
Name
smallTimeConvert -- Converts small time value.
Synopsis
$err = $mod->smallTimeConvert
($data);
Description
This function converts the given string data to a double representation. The
string may contain "2 msecs", or "2.56 milliseconds", etc).
Available suffixes are:
milliseconds, millisecs, msecs
microseconds, microsecs, usecs
nanoseconds, nanosecs, nsecs
seconds, secs
Returns
Returns a string representation of the given data (or -1 if an error
occurred). In case of error, the program will croak() with an appriopriate message.