Otherwise it fails to link:
[335/335] Linking build/sitl/bin/arducopter-quad.exe
ArduCopter/libArduCopter_libs.a(SIM_Aircraft.cpp.4.o):SIM_Aircraft.cpp:(.text$_ZN4SITL8AircraftC2EPKcS2_+0x230): undefined reference to `_imp__timeGetTime@0'
ArduCopter/libArduCopter_libs.a(SIM_Aircraft.cpp.4.o):SIM_Aircraft.cpp:(.text$_ZN4SITL8Aircraft16setup_frame_timeEff+0x9f): undefined reference to `_imp__timeGetTime@0'
ArduCopter/libArduCopter_libs.a(SIM_Aircraft.cpp.4.o):SIM_Aircraft.cpp:(.text$_ZN4SITL8Aircraft16setup_frame_timeEff+0x125): undefined reference to `_imp__timeGetTime@0'
ArduCopter/libArduCopter_libs.a(SIM_Aircraft.cpp.4.o):SIM_Aircraft.cpp:(.text$_ZN4SITL8Aircraft15sync_frame_timeEv+0x21): undefined reference to `_imp__timeGetTime@0'
ArduCopter/libArduCopter_libs.a(SIM_Aircraft.cpp.4.o):SIM_Aircraft.cpp:(.text$_ZN4SITL8Aircraft15sync_frame_timeEv+0x152): undefined reference to `_imp__timeGetTime@0'
ArduCopter/libArduCopter_libs.a(SIM_Aircraft.cpp.4.o):SIM_Aircraft.cpp:(.text$_ZNK4SITL8Aircraft16get_wall_time_usEv+0xe): more undefined references to `_imp__timeGetTime@0' follow
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status