TIME(3C) TIME(3C) NAME time, ftime - get date and time SYNOPSIS long time(0) long time(tloc) long *tloc; #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/timeb.h> ftime(tp) struct timeb *tp; DESCRIPTION These interfaces are obsoleted by gettimeofday(2). Time 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 ftime entry fills in a structure pointed to by its argument, as defined by <sys/timeb.h>: /* Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the GNU C Library. The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. */ #ifndef _SYS_TIMEB_H #define _SYS_TIMEB_H1 #include <features.h> #define __need_time_t #include <time.h> __BEGIN_DECLS /* Structure returned by the ‘ftime’ function. */ struct timeb { time_t time;/* Seconds since epoch, as from ‘time’. */ unsigned short int millitm;/* Additional milliseconds. */ short int timezone;/* Minutes west of GMT. */ short int dstflag;/* Nonzero if Daylight Savings Time used. */ }; /* Fill in TIMEBUF with information about the current time. */ extern int ftime (struct timeb *__timebuf); __END_DECLS #endif /* sys/timeb.h */ 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 appro‐ priate part of the year. SEE ALSO date(1), gettimeofday(2), settimeofday(2), ctime(3) 4th Berkeley Distribution May 9, 1985 TIME(3C)