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.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information
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.\" Processing Systems.
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.\" @(#)time.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt TIME 3
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.Os BSD 4
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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 SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <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 NULL 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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The following error codes may be set in
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.Va errno :
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.Bl -tag -width [EFAULT]
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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An argument address referenced invalid memory.
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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 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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