php man page for gettimeofday

GETTIMEOFDAY(3) 							 1							   GETTIMEOFDAY(3)

gettimeofday - Get current time

SYNOPSIS
       mixed gettimeofday ([bool  $return_float = false])

DESCRIPTION
	This is an interface to gettimeofday(2). It returns an associative array containing the data returned from the system call.

PARAMETERS
	      o $return_float
		- When set to TRUE, a float instead of an array is returned.

RETURN VALUES
	By default an array is returned. If $return_float is set, then a float is returned.

	Array keys:

	      o "sec" - seconds since the Unix Epoch

	      o "usec" - microseconds

	      o "minuteswest" - minutes west of Greenwich

	      o "dsttime" - type of dst correction

CHANGELOG
       +--------+-----------------------------------------+
       |Version |					  |
       |	|					  |
       |	|		Description		  |
       |	|					  |
       +--------+-----------------------------------------+
       | 5.1.0	|					  |
       |	|					  |
       |	|  The $return_float parameter was added. |
       |	|					  |
       +--------+-----------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      gettimeofday(3) example

	      <?php
	      print_r(gettimeofday());

	      echo gettimeofday(true);
	      ?>

	      The above example will output something similar to:

	      Array
	      (
		  [sec] => 1073504408
		  [usec] => 238215
		  [minuteswest] => 0
		  [dsttime] => 1
	      )

	      1073504408.23910

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