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.Dd August 10, 2018
.Dt TIMESPEC_GET 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm timespec_get
.Nd get current calendar time
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In time.h
.Ft int
.Fn timespec_get "struct timespec *ts" "int base"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
function sets the interval pointed to by
.Fa ts
to hold the current calendar time based on the specified time base in
.Fa base .
.Pp
The base
.Dv TIME_UTC
returns the time since the epoch.
This time is expressed in seconds and nanoseconds since midnight (0 hour), January 1, 1970.
In
.Fx ,
this corresponds to
.Dv CLOCK_REALTIME .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Nm
function returns the passed value of
.Fa base
if successful, otherwise
.Dv 0
on failure.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr clock_gettime 2 ,
.Xr gettimeofday 2 ,
.Xr time 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
function with a
.Fa base
of
.Dv TIME_UTC
conforms to
.St -isoC-2011 .
.Sh HISTORY
This interface first appeared in
.Fx 12 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Kamil Rytarowski Aq Mt kamil@NetBSD.org
.An Warner Losh Aq Mt imp@FreeBSD.org