Get any time in milliseconds?

[Bill Baxter]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Benjamin Schulte wrote:
>> On windows I used the PerformanceCounter from the WinAPI (or the
>> GetTickCount method, if the performance-counter is not supported).
> 
> The last example shows how to access the hardware timer:
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/techtips/timing_code.html

What's up with std.perf?  It's been in Phobos in "stealth mode" forever. 
  Seems to work fine on Windows.  Any chance it'll become official at 
some point?  Why isn't it official now?

--bb