NAME

time, ftime − get date and time

SYNOPSIS

long time(0)

long time(tloc)
long ∗tloc;

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/timeb.h>
ftime(tp)
struct timeb ∗tp;

DESCRIPTION

These interfaces are obsoleted by gettimeofday(2). 

Time returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970, measured in seconds. 

If tloc is nonnull, the return value is also stored in the place to which tloc points. 

The ftime entry fills in a structure pointed to by its argument, as defined by <sys/timeb.h>:

/∗
 ∗ 5799-WZQ (C) COPYRIGHT = NONE
 ∗ LICENSED MATERIALS - PROPERTY OF IBM
 ∗/
/∗ $Header:timeb.h 12.0$ ∗/
/∗ $ACIS:timeb.h 12.0$ ∗/
/∗ $Source: /ibm/acis/usr/sys/h/RCS/timeb.h,v $ ∗/
 #if !defined(lint) && !defined(LOCORE) && defined(RCS_HDRS)
static char ∗rcsidtimeb = "$Header:timeb.h 12.0$";
#endif
 /∗
 ∗ Copyright (c) 1982, 1986 Regents of the University of California.
 ∗ All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
 ∗ specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
 ∗
 ∗@(#)timeb.h 7.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/86
 ∗/
 /∗
 ∗ Structure returned by ftime system call
 ∗/
struct timeb
{
time_ttime;
unsigned short millitm;
shorttimezone;
shortdstflag;
};

The structure contains the time since the epoch in seconds, up to 1000 milliseconds of more-precise interval, the local time zone (measured in minutes of time westward from Greenwich), and a flag that, if nonzero, indicates that Daylight Saving time applies locally during the appropriate part of the year. 

SEE ALSO

date(1), gettimeofday(2), settimeofday(2), ctime(3)

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  May 9, 1985