diff -Naur org/src/RCF/util/Platform.cpp mod/src/RCF/util/Platform.cpp
--- org/src/RCF/util/Platform.cpp	2013-03-01 08:31:03.000000000 +0100
+++ mod/src/RCF/util/Platform.cpp	2014-10-19 18:38:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -65,20 +65,20 @@
     // TODO: any issues with monotonicity of gettimeofday()?
     boost::uint32_t getCurrentTimeMs()
     {
-        static struct timeval start = {0};
+        static struct timespec start = {0};
         static bool init = false;
         if (!init)
         {
             init = true;
-            gettimeofday(&start, NULL);
+            clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &start);
         }
 
-        struct timeval now;
-        gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+        struct timespec now;
+        clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now);
 
         long seconds =  now.tv_sec - start.tv_sec;
-        long microseconds = now.tv_usec - start.tv_usec;
-        boost::uint64_t timeMs = boost::uint64_t(seconds)*1000 + microseconds/1000;
+        long nanoseconds = now.tv_nsec - start.tv_nsec;
+        boost::uint64_t timeMs = boost::uint64_t(seconds)*1000 + nanoseconds/1000000;
         timeMs = timeMs & 0xFFFFFFFF;
         return static_cast<boost::uint32_t>(timeMs) - OffsetMs;
     }