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TIME(2)								       TIME(2)

NAME
       time, nsec - time in seconds and nanoseconds since epoch

SYNOPSIS
       #include <u.h>
       #include <libc.h>

       long time(long *tp)

       vlong nsec(void)

DESCRIPTION
       Both  time  and nsec return the time since the epoch 00:00:00 GMT, Jan.
       1, 1970.	 The return value of the former is in seconds and  the	latter
       in  nanoseconds.	  For  time, if tp is not zero then *tp is also set to
       the answer.

       Times from time should be stored in and treated as ulongs; this extends
       the range of valid times into the year 2106.

       These  functions	 work  by reading /dev/bintime, opening that file when
       they are first called.

SOURCE
       /sys/src/libc/9sys/time.c
       /sys/src/libc/9sys/nsec.c

SEE ALSO
       cputime(2), cons(3)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Sets errstr.

BUGS
       These routines maintain a static file descriptor.

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