# Method System.Timer()->create()

Method create

  `System.Timer System.Timer(int|void fast)`

Description

  Create a new timer object. The timer keeps track of relative time with sub-second precision.

  If fast is specified, the timer will not do system calls to get the current time but instead use the one maintained by pike. This will result in faster but more or less inexact timekeeping. The pike maintained time is only updated when a Pike.Backend object stops waiting and starts executing code.