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DIFFTIME(3)                                                  Linux Programmer's Manual                                                 DIFFTIME(3)

NAME
difftime - calculate time difference SYNOPSIS
#include <time.h> double difftime(time_t time1, time_t time0); DESCRIPTION
The difftime() function returns the number of seconds elapsed between time time1 and time time0, represented as a double. Each of the times is specified in calendar time, which means its value is a measurement (in seconds) relative to the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). +-----------+---------------+---------+ |Interface | Attribute | Value | +-----------+---------------+---------+ |difftime() | Thread safety | MT-Safe | +-----------+---------------+---------+ CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD. NOTES
On a POSIX system, time_t is an arithmetic type, and one could just define #define difftime(t1,t0) (double)(t1 - t0) when the possible overflow in the subtraction is not a concern. SEE ALSO
date(1), gettimeofday(2), time(2), ctime(3), gmtime(3), localtime(3) COLOPHON
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TIMEGM(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							 TIMEGM(3)

NAME
timegm, timelocal - inverses of gmtime and localtime SYNOPSIS
#include <time.h> time_t timelocal(struct tm *tm); time_t timegm(struct tm *tm); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): timelocal(), timegm(): Since glibc 2.19: _DEFAULT_SOURCE Glibc 2.19 and earlier: _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE DESCRIPTION
The functions timelocal() and timegm() are the inverses of localtime(3) and gmtime(3). Both functions take a broken-down time and convert it to calendar time (seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000, UTC). The difference between the two functions is that timelo- cal() takes the local timezone into account when doing the conversion, while timegm() takes the input value to be Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return the calendar time (seconds since the Epoch), expressed as a value of type time_t. On error, they return the value (time_t) -1 and set errno to indicate the cause of the error. ERRORS
EOVERFLOW The result cannot be represented. ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). +----------------------+---------------+--------------------+ |Interface | Attribute | Value | +----------------------+---------------+--------------------+ |timelocal(), timegm() | Thread safety | MT-Safe env locale | +----------------------+---------------+--------------------+ CONFORMING TO
These functions are nonstandard GNU extensions that are also present on the BSDs. Avoid their use. NOTES
The timelocal() function is equivalent to the POSIX standard function mktime(3). There is no reason to ever use it. SEE ALSO
gmtime(3), localtime(3), mktime(3), tzset(3) COLOPHON
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