GETTIMEOFDAY(P) POSIX Programmer's Manual GETTIMEOFDAY(P)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
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSOctime() , ftime() , the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <sys/time.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
IEEE/The Open Group 2003 GETTIMEOFDAY(P)
