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.\" @(#)time.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.Dd November 5, 2011
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.Dt TIME 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm time
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.Nd get time of day
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In time.h
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.Ft time_t
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.Fn time "time_t *tloc"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn time
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function
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returns the value of time in seconds since 0 hours, 0 minutes,
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0 seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time.
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.Pp
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A copy of the time value may be saved to the area indicated by the
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pointer
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.Fa tloc .
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If
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.Fa tloc
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is a
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.Dv NULL
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pointer, no value is stored.
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.Pp
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Upon successful completion,
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.Fn time
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returns the value of time.
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Otherwise a value of
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.Po
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.Po Fa time_t Pc \-1
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.Pc
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is returned and the global variable
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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No errors are defined.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr gettimeofday 2 ,
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.Xr ctime 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn time
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function conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-90 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Fn time
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function appeared in
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.At v2 .
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It returned a 32-bit value measuring sixtieths of a second, leading to
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rollover every 2.26 years.
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In
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.At v6 ,
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the precision of
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.Fn time
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was changed to seconds, allowing 135.6 years between rollovers.
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.Pp
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In
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.Nx 6.0
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the
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.Vt time_t
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type was changed to be 64 bits wide, including on 32-bit machines,
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making rollover a concern for the far distant future only.
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Note however that any code making the incorrect assumption that
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.Vt time_t
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is the same as
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.Vt long
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will fail on 32-bit machines in 2038.
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