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curlopt_timevalue

CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE(3)					     curl_easy_setopt options					      CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE(3)

NAME

       CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE - set time value for conditional

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, long val);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a	long  val  as  parameter. This should be the time counted as seconds since 1 Jan 1970, and the time will be used in a condition as
       specified with CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION(3).

DEFAULT

       0

PROTOCOLS

       HTTP, FTP, RTSP, and FILE

EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");

	 /* January 1, 2020 is 1577833200 */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, 1577833200L);

	 /* If-Modified-Since the above time stamp */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION, CURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCE);

	 /* Perform the request */
	 curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Always

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION(3),

libcurl 7.54.0							  April 03, 2016					      CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE(3)

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