diff -r 9b8ce46870df -r 72c425c46102 src/share/vm/utilities/events.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/utilities/events.hpp	Thu Feb 16 17:12:49 2012 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/utilities/events.hpp	Fri Feb 17 12:18:10 2012 -0800
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
   }
 
   double fetch_timestamp() {
-    return tty->time_stamp().seconds();
+    return os::elapsedTime();
   }
 
   // move the ring buffer to next open slot and return the index of