ftime(3) [freebsd man page]
FTIME(3) BSD Library Functions Manual FTIME(3) NAME
ftime -- get date and time LIBRARY
Compatibility Library (libcompat, -lcompat) SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/timeb.h> int ftime(struct timeb *tp); DESCRIPTION
This interface is obsoleted by gettimeofday(2). The ftime() routine fills in a structure pointed to by its argument, as defined by <sys/timeb.h>: /* * 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 Daylight Saving time applies locally during the appropriate part of the year. SEE ALSO
gettimeofday(2), settimeofday(2), ctime(3), time(3) HISTORY
The ftime function appeared in 4.2BSD. BSD
June 4, 1993 BSD
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ftime(3C) Standard C Library Functions ftime(3C) NAME
ftime - get date and time SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/timeb.h> int ftime(struct timeb *tp); DESCRIPTION
The ftime() function sets the time and millitm members of the timeb structure pointed to by tp. The structure is defined in <sys/timeb.h> and contains the following members: time_t time; unsigned short millitm; short timezone; short dstflag; The time and millitm members contain the seconds and milliseconds portions, respectively, of the current time in seconds since 00:00:00 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), January 1, 1970. The timezone member contains the local time zone. The dstflag member contains a flag that, if non-zero, indicates that Daylight Saving time applies locally during the appropriate part of the year. The contents of the timezone and dstflag members of tp after a call to ftime() are unspecified. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the ftime() function returns 0. Otherwise -1 is returned. ERRORS
No errors are defined. USAGE
For portability to implementations conforming to earlier versions of this document, time(2) is preferred over this function. The millisecond value usually has a granularity greater than one due to the resolution of the system clock. Depending on any granularity (particularly a granularity of one) renders code non-portable. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
date(1), time(2), ctime(3C), gettimeofday(3C), timezone(4), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 24 Jul 2002 ftime(3C)