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Work on file usr/src/lib/libc/gen/time.3

Co-Authored-By: Lynne Greer Jolitz <ljolitz@cardio.ucsf.edu>
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+.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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+.\"     @(#)time.3     5.4 (Berkeley) 6/29/91
+.\"
+.Dd June 29, 1991
+.Dt TIME 3
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm time
+.Nd get time of day
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
+.Ft time_t
+.Fn time "time_t *tloc"
+.Sh 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.
+.Pp
+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.
+.Pp
+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
+.Va errno
+is set to indicate the error.
+.Sh ERRORS
+The following error codes may be set in
+.Va errno :
+.Bl -tag -width [EFAULT]
+.It Bq Er EFAULT
+An argument address referenced invalid memory.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr gettimeofday 2 ,
+.Xr ctime 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Fn time
+function appeared in
+.At v6 .