TIME

Section: Compatibility Functions (3C)
Updated: August 1, 1992
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NAME

time - get system time  

SYNOPSIS

#include <time.h>

time_t time(time_t *tloc);
 

(NOT AVAILABLE IN POSIX)

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/timeb.h>

ftime(struct timeb *tp);
 

DESCRIPTION

For non-POSIX applications, these interfaces are obsoleted by gettimeofday(2).

Time returns the value of time in seconds since 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970.

If tloc is nonnull, the return value is also stored in the place to which tloc points.

The BSD ftime function fills in a structure pointed to by its argument, as defined in <sys/timeb.h>. The structure contains the time since the epoch in seconds, up to 1000 milliseconds of more-precise interval, the local time zone (measured in minutes of time westward from Greenwich), and a flag that, if nonzero, indicates that Daylight Saving time applies locally during the appropriate part of the year.  

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, time returns the value of time. Otherwise, a value of (( time_t )-1) is returned.  

SEE ALSO

date(1), gettimeofday(2), settimeofday(2), ctime(3)


 

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