TIME
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BSD 4
NAME
time
- get time of day
SYNOPSIS
Fd #include <time.h>
Ft time_t
Fn time time_t *tloc
DESCRIPTION
The
Fn time
function
returns the value of time in seconds since 0 hours, 0 minutes,
0 seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time.
A copy of the time value may be saved to the area indicated by the
pointer
Fa tloc .
If
Fa tloc
is a NULL pointer, no value is stored.
Upon successful completion,
Fn time
returns the value of time.
Otherwise a value of
Po Po Fa time_t Pc -1
Pc is returned and the global variable
errno
is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The following error codes may be set in
errno
- Bq Er EFAULT
-
An argument address referenced invalid memory.
SEE ALSO
gettimeofday(2),
ctime(3)
HISTORY
A
Fn time
function appeared in
AT&T System
v6 .
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- ERRORS
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- SEE ALSO
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- HISTORY
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