NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     time - get time of day

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <time.h>

     time_t
     time(time_t *tloc);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The time() function returns the value of time in seconds since 0 hours, 0
     minutes, 0 seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time.

     A copy of the time value may be saved to the area indicated by the
     pointer tloc.  If tloc is a NULL pointer, no value is stored.

     Upon successful completion, time() returns the value of time.  Otherwise
     a value of ((time_t) -1) is returned and the global variable errno is set
     to indicate the error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The following error codes may be set in errno:

     [EFAULT]           An argument address referenced invalid memory.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     gettimeofday(2), ctime(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The time() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'').

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     A time() function appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD