diff --git a/ghc/lib/std/cbits/getClockTime.c b/ghc/lib/std/cbits/getClockTime.c
index 9b96e337e3cf0a9a79f50a04be131a46fb4f1074..ec0bae75050576fce34c84870707020715704021 100644
--- a/ghc/lib/std/cbits/getClockTime.c
+++ b/ghc/lib/std/cbits/getClockTime.c
@@ -1,39 +1,32 @@
 /* 
  * (c) The GRASP/AQUA Project, Glasgow University, 1994-1998
  *
- * $Id: getClockTime.c,v 1.4 1999/05/03 13:22:29 sof Exp $
+ * $Id: getClockTime.c,v 1.5 1999/09/12 14:33:56 sof Exp $
  *
  * getClockTime Runtime Support
  */
 
-#ifndef _AIX
-#define NON_POSIX_SOURCE    /* gettimeofday */
-#endif
-
 #include "Rts.h"
 #include "stgio.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_GETCLOCK
+/* It seems morally wrong to skew this in favour of
+   using non-POSIX calls (gettimeofday(), ftime()..),
+   rather than time()....so, let's re-order it all
+   (and hope OS idiosyncracies won't get in the way
+   of using time(), the moral elite's favourite.)
+ */
 
+#if defined(HAVE_TIME_H)
+# include <time.h>
+#elif defined(HAVE_GETCLOCK)
 # ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIMERS_H
 #  define POSIX_4D9 1
 #  include <sys/timers.h>
 # endif
-
-#else
-# ifdef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
-
+#elif defined(HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY)
 #  ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
 #   include <sys/time.h>
 #  endif
-
-# else
-
-#  ifdef HAVE_TIME_H
-#   include <time.h>
-#  endif
-
-# endif
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_WINDOWS_H
@@ -45,7 +38,11 @@
 StgInt
 getClockTime(StgByteArray sec, StgByteArray nsec)
 {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(cygwin32_TARGET_OS)
+  /*
+   * time() as is implemented by cygwin (in B20.1) is
+   * not right, so stay away (and use time()) instead.
+   */
   struct timeb t;
 
   _ftime(&t);
@@ -53,6 +50,16 @@ getClockTime(StgByteArray sec, StgByteArray nsec)
   ((unsigned int *)sec)[0] = (unsigned int)t.time;
   ((unsigned int *)nsec)[0] = (unsigned int)t.millitm * 1000;
   return 0;
+#elif defined(HAVE_TIME_H)
+    time_t t;
+    if ((t = time(NULL)) == (time_t) -1) {
+	cvtErrno();
+	stdErrno();
+	return -1;
+    }
+    ((unsigned long int *)sec)[0] = t;
+    ((unsigned long int *)nsec)[0] = 0;
+    return 0;
 #elif defined(HAVE_GETCLOCK)
     struct timespec tp;
 
@@ -76,22 +83,15 @@ getClockTime(StgByteArray sec, StgByteArray nsec)
     ((unsigned long int *)nsec)[0] = tp.tv_usec * 1000;
     return 0;
 #else
-    time_t t;
-    if ((t = time(NULL)) == (time_t) -1) {
-	cvtErrno();
-	stdErrno();
-	return -1;
-    }
-    ((unsigned long int *)sec)[0] = t;
-    ((unsigned long int *)nsec)[0] = 0;
-    return 0;
+#error "getClockTime: don't know how to get at the clock's time"
 #endif
 }
 
 StgInt
 prim_getClockTime(StgByteArray sec, StgByteArray nsec)
 {
-#if defined(_WIN32)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(cygwin32_TARGET_OS)
+  /* see getClockTime() comment re: ftime() & cygwin */
   struct timeb t;
 
   _ftime(&t);
@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@ prim_getClockTime(StgByteArray sec, StgByteArray nsec)
   ((unsigned long int *)sec)[0] = t.time;
   ((unsigned long int *)nsec)[0] = t.millitm * 1000;
   return 0;
+#elif defined(HAVE_TIME_H)
+    time_t t;
+    if ((t = time(NULL)) == (time_t) -1) {
+	cvtErrno();
+	stdErrno();
+	return -1;
+    }
+    ((StgInt64*)sec)[0] = t;
+    ((StgInt64*)nsec)[0] = 0;
+    return 0;
 #elif defined(HAVE_GETCLOCK)
     struct timespec tp;
 
@@ -122,14 +132,6 @@ prim_getClockTime(StgByteArray sec, StgByteArray nsec)
     ((StgInt64*)nsec)[0] = tp.tv_usec * 1000;
     return 0;
 #else
-    time_t t;
-    if ((t = time(NULL)) == (time_t) -1) {
-	cvtErrno();
-	stdErrno();
-	return -1;
-    }
-    ((StgInt64*)sec)[0] = t;
-    ((StgInt64*)nsec)[0] = 0;
-    return 0;
+#error "getClockTime: don't know how to get at the clock's time"
 #endif
 }