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NAME

       ftime - get date and time (LEGACY)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/timeb.h>

       int ftime(struct timeb *tp);

DESCRIPTION

       The ftime() function shall set the time and millitm members of the timeb structure pointed to by tp to contain the seconds and milliseconds
       portions, respectively, of the current time in seconds since the Epoch. The contents of the timezone and dstflag members of tp after a call
       to ftime() are unspecified.

       The  system clock need not have millisecond granularity. Depending on any granularity (particularly a granularity of one) renders code non-
       portable.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, the ftime() function shall return 0; otherwise, -1 shall be returned.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

   Getting the Current Time and Date
       The following example shows how to get the current system time values using the ftime() function. The timeb structure pointed to by  tp	is
       filled with the current system time values for time and millitm.

	      #include <sys/timeb.h>

	      struct timeb tp;
	      int	   status;
	      ...
	      status = ftime(&tp);

APPLICATION USAGE

       For  applications  portability,	the time() function should be used to determine the current time instead of ftime(). Realtime applications
       should use clock_gettime() to determine the current time instead of ftime().

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       This function may be withdrawn in a future version.

SEE ALSO

       clock_getres() , ctime() , gettimeofday() , time() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <sys/timeb.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
       Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and  the  original  IEEE
       and  The  Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained
       online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE
/The Open Group						       2003								  FTIME(P)