[Feature Request]: timeDelta.totalMicroseconds

[ajpotts]

Summary of Feature

Description:
Please add a timeDelta.totalMicroseconds procedure. One application would be for the generation of random seeds.

Is this issue currently blocking your progress?
No, because in arkouda we implemented our own timeDelta.totalMicroseconds procedure. However, it would be more efficient to call it from chapel.

Code Sample

            use Time;

            proc timeDelta.totalMicroseconds(): int{
                return ((days*(24*60*60) + seconds)*1_000_000 + microseconds): int;
            }

            var next: rng.eltType;
            if hasSeed {
                next = rng.next();
            }else{
                const seed =  timeSinceEpoch().totalMicroseconds();
                var randStream0 = new randomStream(rng.eltType, seed);
                next = randStream0.next();
            }

[bradcray]

Thanks for filing this, @ajpotts ! Would you be interested in filling a PR contributing this routine to the Time module?