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Man Page: time

Operating Environment: plan9

Section: 2

TIME(2) 							System Calls Manual							   TIME(2)

NAME
time - time in seconds since epoch
SYNOPSIS
#include <u.h> #include <libc.h> long time(long *tp) /* Alef only */ int time();
DESCRIPTION
Time returns the number of seconds since the epoch 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970. If tp is not zero then *tp is also set to the answer. This function works by reading /dev/time, opening that file when time is first called. Alef In Alef, time does not take an argument.
SOURCE
/sys/src/libc/9sys/time.c
SEE ALSO
cons(3)
DIAGNOSTICS
Sets errstr. TIME(2)
Related Man Pages
time(2) - redhat
time(2) - linux
gmtime(3f) - bsd
time(3) - netbsd
time(3) - osx
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