#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

#include <time.h>

int main ()
{
	int seconds =5; 
	clock_t end = clock()+(seconds*CLK_TCK);

	while(1)
	{
		if (end < clock()) // seems like this statement is evaluating to true everytime ? why

		{
			end = clock()+(seconds*CLK_TCK);
			cout << "around 5 seconds passes\n";
		}
	}
	return 0;
}

   

//so i tried something else


      
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

#include <time.h>

int main ()
{
	time_t end; 

	end = (time(NULL)+5);

	while(1)
	{
		if(end > time(NULL)) // again evaluating to true every time

		{
			end = end+5;
			cout << "5 seconds passed\n";
		}
	}
	return 0;
}