TIME(3C) UNIX Programmer's Manual TIME(3C) NNAAMMEE time, ftime - get date and time SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS lloonngg ttiimmee((00)) lloonngg ttiimmee((ttlloocc)) lloonngg **ttlloocc;; ##iinncclluuddee <> ##iinncclluuddee <> ffttiimmee((ttpp)) ssttrruucctt ttiimmeebb **ttpp;; DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN TThheessee iinntteerrffaacceess aarree oobbssoolleetteedd bbyy ggeettttiimmeeooffddaayy((22)).. _T_i_m_e returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970, measured in seconds. If _t_l_o_c is nonnull, the return value is also stored in the place to which _t_l_o_c points. The _f_t_i_m_e entry fills in a structure pointed to by its argu- ment, as defined by <_s_y_s/_t_i_m_e_b._h>: /* * Copyright (c) 1982, 1986 Regents of the University of California. * All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement * specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. * * @(#)timeb.h7.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/86 */ /* * Structure returned by ftime system call */ struct timeb { time_t time; unsigned short millitm; short timezone; short dstflag; }; 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 Day- light Saving time applies locally during the appropriate part of the year. Printed 7/9/88 May 9, 1985 1 TIME(3C) UNIX Programmer's Manual TIME(3C) SSEEEE AALLSSOO date(1), gettimeofday(2), settimeofday(2), ctime(3) Printed 7/9/88 May 9, 1985 2