GETTIMEOFDAY(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual GETTIMEOFDAY(3P)PROLOG
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NAMEgettimeofday — get the date and time
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/time.h>
int gettimeofday(struct timeval *restrict tp, void *restrict tzp);
DESCRIPTION
The gettimeofday() function shall obtain the current time, expressed as
seconds and microseconds since the Epoch, and store it in the timeval
structure pointed to by tp. The resolution of the system clock is
unspecified.
If tzp is not a null pointer, the behavior is unspecified.
RETURN VALUE
The gettimeofday() function shall return 0 and no value shall be
reserved to indicate an error.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
Applications should use the clock_gettime() function instead of the
obsolescent gettimeofday() function.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
The gettimeofday() function may be removed in a future version.
SEE ALSOclock_getres(), ctime()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <sys_time.h>
COPYRIGHT
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