131 lines
4.2 KiB
Groff
131 lines
4.2 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)gettimeofday.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 5/26/95
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd May 26, 1995
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.Dt GETTIMEOFDAY 2
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm gettimeofday ,
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.Nm settimeofday
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.Nd get/set date and time
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/time.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn gettimeofday "struct timeval *tp" "struct timezone *tzp"
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.Ft int
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.Fn settimeofday "const struct timeval *tp" "const struct timezone *tzp"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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Note: timezone is no longer used; this information is kept outside
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the kernel.
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.Ef
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.Pp
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The system's notion of the current Greenwich time and the current time
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zone is obtained with the
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.Fn gettimeofday
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call, and set with the
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.Fn settimeofday
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call. The time is expressed in seconds and microseconds
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since midnight (0 hour), January 1, 1970. The resolution of the system
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clock is hardware dependent, and the time may be updated continuously or
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in ``ticks.'' If
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.Fa tp
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or
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.Fa tzp
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is NULL, the associated time
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information will not be returned or set.
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.Pp
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The structures pointed to by
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.Fa tp
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and
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.Fa tzp
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are defined in
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.Ao Pa sys/time.h Ac
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as:
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal
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struct timeval {
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long tv_sec; /* seconds since Jan. 1, 1970 */
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long tv_usec; /* and microseconds */
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};
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struct timezone {
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int tz_minuteswest; /* minutes west of Greenwich */
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int tz_dsttime; /* type of dst correction */
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa timezone
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structure indicates the local time zone
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(measured in minutes of time westward from Greenwich),
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and a flag that, if nonzero, indicates that
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Daylight Saving time applies locally during
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the appropriate part of the year.
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.Pp
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Only the super-user may set the time of day or time zone.
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If the system is running in secure mode (see
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.Xr init 8 ),
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the time may only be advanced.
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This limitation is imposed to prevent a malicious super-user
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from setting arbitrary time stamps on files.
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The system time can still be adjusted backwards using the
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.Xr adjtime 2
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system call even when the system is secure.
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.Sh RETURN
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A 0 return value indicates that the call succeeded.
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A -1 return value indicates an error occurred, and in this
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case an error code is stored into the global variable
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.Va errno .
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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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.It Bq Er EPERM
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A user other than the super-user attempted to set the time.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr date 1 ,
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.Xr adjtime 2 ,
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.Xr ctime 3 ,
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.Xr clocks 7 ,
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.Xr timed 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn gettimeofday
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function call appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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