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.\" @(#)time.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd July 18, 2003
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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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If an error occurs,
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.Fn time
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returns the value
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.Po Vt time_t Pc Ns \-1 .
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.Pp
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The return value is also stored in
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.No \&* Ns Va tloc ,
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provided that
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.Va tloc
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is non-null.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn time
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function may fail for any of the reasons described in
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.Xr gettimeofday 2 .
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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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.Nm
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function conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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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 v6 .
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.Sh BUGS
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Neither
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.St -isoC-99
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nor
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requires
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.Fn time
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to set
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.Va errno
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on failure; thus, it is impossible for an application to distinguish
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the valid time value \-1 (representing the last UTC second of 1969)
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from the error return value.
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.Pp
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Systems conforming to earlier versions of the C and
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.Tn POSIX
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standards (including older versions of
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.Fx )
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did not set
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.No \&* Ns Va tloc
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