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- CTIME(3) CTIME(3)
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- NNAAMMEE
- asctime, ctime, difftime, gmtime, localtime, mktime - con-
- vert date and time to ASCII
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- SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
- eexxtteerrnn cchhaarr **ttzznnaammee[[22]];;
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- vvooiidd ttzzsseett(())
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- ##iinncclluuddee <<ssyyss//ttyyppeess..hh>>
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- cchhaarr **ccttiimmee((cclloocckk))
- ccoonnsstt ttiimmee__tt **cclloocckk;;
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- ddoouubbllee ddiiffffttiimmee((ttiimmee11,, ttiimmee00))
- ttiimmee__tt ttiimmee11;;
- ttiimmee__tt ttiimmee00;;
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- ##iinncclluuddee <<ttiimmee..hh>>
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- cchhaarr **aassccttiimmee((ttmm))
- ccoonnsstt ssttrruucctt ttmm **ttmm;;
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- ssttrruucctt ttmm **llooccaallttiimmee((cclloocckk))
- ccoonnsstt ttiimmee__tt **cclloocckk;;
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- ssttrruucctt ttmm **ggmmttiimmee((cclloocckk))
- ccoonnsstt ttiimmee__tt **cclloocckk;;
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- ttiimmee__tt mmkkttiimmee((ttmm))
- ssttrruucctt ttmm **ttmm;;
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- _C_t_i_m_e converts a long integer, pointed to by _c_l_o_c_k, repre-
- senting the time in seconds since 00:00:00 UTC, January 1,
- 1970, and returns a pointer to a 26-character string of
- the form
- Thu Nov 24 18:22:48 1986\n\0
- All the fields have constant width.
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- _L_o_c_a_l_t_i_m_e and _g_m_t_i_m_e return pointers to ``tm'' structures,
- described below. _L_o_c_a_l_t_i_m_e corrects for the time zone and
- any time zone adjustments (such as Daylight Saving Time in
- the U.S.A.). Before doing so, _l_o_c_a_l_t_i_m_e calls _t_z_s_e_t (if
- _t_z_s_e_t has not been called in the current process). After
- filling in the ``tm'' structure, _l_o_c_a_l_t_i_m_e sets the
- ttmm__iissddsstt'th element of ttzznnaammee to a pointer to an ASCII
- string that's the time zone abbreviation to be used with
- _l_o_c_a_l_t_i_m_e's return value.
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- _G_m_t_i_m_e converts to Coordinated Universal Time.
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- _A_s_c_t_i_m_e converts a time value contained in a ``tm''
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- structure to a 26-character string, as shown in the above
- example, and returns a pointer to the string.
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- _M_k_t_i_m_e converts the broken-down time, expressed as local
- time, in the structure pointed to by _t_m into a calendar
- time value with the same encoding as that of the values
- returned by the _t_i_m_e function. The original values of the
- ttmm__wwddaayy and ttmm__yyddaayy components of the structure are
- ignored, and the original values of the other components
- are not restricted to their normal ranges. (A positive or
- zero value for ttmm__iissddsstt causes _m_k_t_i_m_e to presume initially
- that summer time (for example, Daylight Saving Time in the
- U.S.A.) respectively, is or is not in effect for the
- specified time. A negative value for ttmm__iissddsstt causes the
- _m_k_t_i_m_e function to attempt to divine whether summer time
- is in effect for the specified time.) On successful com-
- pletion, the values of the ttmm__wwddaayy and ttmm__yyddaayy components
- of the structure are set appropriately, and the other com-
- ponents are set to represent the specified calendar time,
- but with their values forced to their normal ranges; the
- final value of ttmm__mmddaayy is not set until ttmm__mmoonn and ttmm__yyeeaarr
- are determined. _M_k_t_i_m_e returns the specified calendar
- time; If the calendar time cannot be represented, it
- returns --11.
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- _D_i_f_f_t_i_m_e returns the difference between two calendar
- times, (_t_i_m_e_1 - _t_i_m_e_0), expressed in seconds.
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- Declarations of all the functions and externals, and the
- ``tm'' structure, are in the <<ttiimmee..hh>> header file. The
- structure (of type) ssttrruucctt ttmm includes the following
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- int tm_sec; /* seconds (0 - 60) */
- int tm_min; /* minutes (0 - 59) */
- int tm_hour; /* hours (0 - 23) */
- int tm_mday; /* day of month (1 - 31) */
- int tm_mon; /* month of year (0 - 11) */
- int tm_year; /* year - 1900 */
- int tm_wday; /* day of week (Sunday = 0) */
- int tm_yday; /* day of year (0 - 365) */
- int tm_isdst; /* is summer time in effect? */
- char *tm_zone; /* abbreviation of timezone name */
- long tm_gmtoff; /* offset from UTC in seconds */
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- The _t_m___z_o_n_e and _t_m___g_m_t_o_f_f fields exist, and are filled in,
- only if arrangements to do so were made when the library
- containing these functions was created. There is no guar-
- antee that these fields will continue to exist in this
- form in future releases of this code.
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- _T_m___i_s_d_s_t is non-zero if summer time is in effect.
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- _T_m___g_m_t_o_f_f is the offset (in seconds) of the time
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- represented from UTC, with positive values indicating east
- of the Prime Meridian.
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- /usr/share/zoneinfo time zone information
- directory
- /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime local time zone file
- /usr/share/zoneinfo/posixrules used with POSIX-style TZ's
- /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT for UTC leap seconds
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- If //uussrr//sshhaarree//zzoonneeiinnffoo//GGMMTT is absent, UTC leap seconds are
- loaded from //uussrr//sshhaarree//zzoonneeiinnffoo//ppoossiixxrruulleess.
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- getenv(3), tzset(3), time(3), tzfile(5)
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- NNOOTTEESS
- The return values point to static data; the data is over-
- written by each call. The ttmm__zzoonnee field of a returned
- ssttrruucctt ttmm points to a static array of characters, which
- will also be overwritten at the next call (and by calls to
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