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time(2)								       time(2)

NAME
       time - get time

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       returns the value of time in seconds since the Epoch.

       If tloc is not a null pointer, the return value is also assigned to the
       object to which it points.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, returns the value of	 time.	 Otherwise,  a
       value of is returned and is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       [EFAULT]	      fails  if	 tloc points to an illegal address.  The reli‐
		      able detection of this error  is	implementation	depen‐
		      dent.

SEE ALSO
       date(1), gettimeofday(2), stime(2), ctime(3C), strftime(3C).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
								       time(2)

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