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diff --git a/procps/nmeter.c b/procps/nmeter.c
index e52c868df..4197174ba 100644
--- a/procps/nmeter.c
+++ b/procps/nmeter.c
@@ -985,6 +985,15 @@ int nmeter_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
xgettimeofday(&G.start);
G.tv = G.start;
+
+ // Move back start of monotonic time a bit, to syncronize fractionals of %T and %t:
+ // nmeter -d500 '%6T %6t'
+ // 00:00:00.000161 12:32:07.500161
+ // 00:00:00.500282 12:32:08.000282
+ // 00:00:01.000286 12:32:08.500286
+ if (G.delta > 0)
+ G.start.tv_usec -= (G.start.tv_usec % (unsigned)G.delta);
+
while (1) {
collect_info(first);
put_c(G.final_char);
@@ -999,6 +1008,15 @@ int nmeter_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
int rem;
// can be commented out, will sacrifice sleep time precision a bit
xgettimeofday(&G.tv);
+
+ // TODO: nmeter -d10000 '%6T %6t'
+ // 00:00:00.770333 12:34:44.770333
+ // 00:00:06.000088 12:34:50.000088
+ // 00:00:16.000094 12:35:00.000094
+ // 00:00:26.000275 12:35:10.000275
+ // we can't syncronize interval to start close to 10 seconds for both
+ // %T and %t (as shown above), but what if there is only %T
+ // in format string? Maybe sync _it_ instead of %t in this case?
if (need_seconds)
rem = G.delta - ((ullong)G.tv.tv_sec*1000000 + G.tv.tv_usec) % G.deltanz;
else