/// these conversion macros are not defined on some of the platforms, including
/// Windows

#ifndef TIMEVAL_TO_TIMESPEC
#define TIMEVAL_TO_TIMESPEC(tv, ts) {                                   \
        (ts)->tv_sec = (tv)->tv_sec;                                    \
        (ts)->tv_nsec = (tv)->tv_usec * 1000;                           \
}
#endif

#ifndef TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL
#define TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL(tv, ts) {                                   \
        (tv)->tv_sec = (ts)->tv_sec;                                    \
        (tv)->tv_usec = (ts)->tv_nsec / 1000;                           \
}
#endif