time(3) Library Functions Manual time(3)
Name
time, ftime - get date and time
Syntax
#include <time.h>
time_t time((time_t *)0)
time_t time(tloc)
time_t *tloc;
#include <sys/timeb.h>
void ftime(tp)
struct timeb *tp;
Description
The subroutine returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970, measured in seconds.
If tloc is nonnull, the return value is also stored in the place to which tloc points.
The entry fills in a structure pointed to by its argument, as defined by <sys/timeb.h>:
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
date(1), gettimeofday(2), settimeofday(2), ctime(3)
time(3)
