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+// Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include "sleep.h"
+
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <ctime>
+
+#include "internal_macros.h"
+
+#ifdef BENCHMARK_OS_WINDOWS
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace benchmark {
+#ifdef BENCHMARK_OS_WINDOWS
+// Window's Sleep takes milliseconds argument.
+void SleepForMilliseconds(int milliseconds) { Sleep(milliseconds); }
+void SleepForSeconds(double seconds) {
+  SleepForMilliseconds(static_cast<int>(kNumMillisPerSecond * seconds));
+}
+#else   // BENCHMARK_OS_WINDOWS
+void SleepForMicroseconds(int microseconds) {
+  struct timespec sleep_time;
+  sleep_time.tv_sec = microseconds / kNumMicrosPerSecond;
+  sleep_time.tv_nsec = (microseconds % kNumMicrosPerSecond) * kNumNanosPerMicro;
+  while (nanosleep(&sleep_time, &sleep_time) != 0 && errno == EINTR)
+    ;  // Ignore signals and wait for the full interval to elapse.
+}
+
+void SleepForMilliseconds(int milliseconds) {
+  SleepForMicroseconds(milliseconds * kNumMicrosPerMilli);
+}
+
+void SleepForSeconds(double seconds) {
+  SleepForMicroseconds(static_cast<int>(seconds * kNumMicrosPerSecond));
+}
+#endif  // BENCHMARK_OS_WINDOWS
+}  // end namespace benchmark