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7.2 KiB
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259 lines
7.2 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Arthur Olson.
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" @(#)ctime.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt CTIME 3
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.Os BSD 4.3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm asctime ,
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.Nm ctime ,
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.Nm difftime ,
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.Nm gmtime ,
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.Nm localtime ,
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.Nm mktime
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.Nd transform binary date and time value to
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.Tn ASCII
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
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.Fd #include <time.h>
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.Vt extern char *tzname[2];
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.Ft char *
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.Fn ctime "const time_t *clock"
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.Ft double
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.Fn difftime "time_t time1" "time_t time0"
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.Ft char *
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.Fn asctime "const struct tm *tm"
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.Ft struct tm *
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.Fn localtime "const time_t *clock"
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.Ft struct tm *
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.Fn gmtime "const time_t *clock"
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.Ft time_t
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.Fn mktime "struct tm *tm"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The functions
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.Fn ctime ,
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.Fn gmtime
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and
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.Fn localtime
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all take as an argument a time value representing the time in seconds since
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the Epoch (00:00:00
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.Tn UTC ,
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January 1, 1970; see
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.Xr time 3 ) .
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.Pp
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The function
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.Fn localtime
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converts the time value pointed at by
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.Fa clock ,
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and returns a pointer to a
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.Dq Fa struct tm
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(described below) which contains
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the broken-out time information for the value after adjusting for the current
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time zone (and any other factors such as Daylight Saving Time).
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Time zone adjustments are performed as specified by the
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.Ev TZ
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environmental variable (see
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.Xr tzset 3 ) .
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The function
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.Fn localtime
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uses
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.Xr tzset
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to initialize time conversion information if
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.Xr tzset
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has not already been called by the process.
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.Pp
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After filling in the tm structure,
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.Fn localtime
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sets the
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.Fa tm_isdst Ns 'th
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element of
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.Fa tzname
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to a pointer to an
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.Tn ASCII
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string that's the time zone abbreviation to be
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used with
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.Fn localtime Ns 's
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return value.
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.Pp
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The function
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.Fn gmtime
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similarly converts the time value, but without any time zone adjustment,
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and returns a pointer to a tm structure (described below).
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn ctime
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function
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adjusts the time value for the current time zone in the same manner as
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.Fn localtime ,
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and returns a pointer to a 26-character string of the form:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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Thu Nov 24 18:22:48 1986\en\e0
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.Ed
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.Pp
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All the fields have constant width.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn asctime
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function
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converts the broken down time in the structure
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.Fa tm
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pointed at by
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.Fa *tm
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to the form
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shown in the example above.
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.Pp
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The function
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.Fn mktime
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converts the broken-down time, expressed as local time, in the structure
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pointed to by tm into a time value with the same encoding as that of the
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values returned by the
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.Xr time 3
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function, that is, seconds from the Epoch,
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.Tn UTC .
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.Pp
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The original values of the
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.Fa tm_wday
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and
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.Fa tm_yday
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components of the structure are ignored, and the original values of the
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other components are not restricted to their normal ranges.
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(A positive or zero value for
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.Fa tm_isdst
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causes
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.Fn mktime
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to presume initially that summer time (for example, Daylight Saving Time)
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is or is not in effect for the specified time, respectively.
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A negative value for
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.Fa tm_isdst
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causes the
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.Fn mktime
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function to attempt to divine whether summer time is in effect for the
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specified time.)
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.Pp
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On successful completion, the values of the
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.Fa tm_wday
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and
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.Fa tm_yday
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components of the structure are set appropriately, and the other components
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are set to represent the specified calendar time, but with their values
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forced to their normal ranges; the final value of
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.Fa tm_mday
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is not set until
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.Fa tm_mon
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and
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.Fa tm_year
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are determined.
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.Fn Mktime
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returns the specified calendar time; if the calendar time cannot be
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represented, it returns \-1;
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn difftime
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function
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returns the difference between two calendar times,
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.Pf ( Fa time1
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-
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.Fa time0 ) ,
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expressed in seconds.
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.Pp
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External declarations as well as the tm structure definition are in the
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.Aq Pa time.h
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include file.
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The tm structure includes at least the following fields:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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int tm_sec; /\(** seconds (0 - 60) \(**/
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int tm_min; /\(** minutes (0 - 59) \(**/
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int tm_hour; /\(** hours (0 - 23) \(**/
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int tm_mday; /\(** day of month (1 - 31) \(**/
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int tm_mon; /\(** month of year (0 - 11) \(**/
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int tm_year; /\(** year \- 1900 \(**/
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int tm_wday; /\(** day of week (Sunday = 0) \(**/
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int tm_yday; /\(** day of year (0 - 365) \(**/
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int tm_isdst; /\(** is summer time in effect? \(**/
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char \(**tm_zone; /\(** abbreviation of timezone name \(**/
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long tm_gmtoff; /\(** offset from UTC in seconds \(**/
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The
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field
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.Fa tm_isdst
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is non-zero if summer time is in effect.
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.Pp
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The field
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.Fa tm_gmtoff
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is the offset (in seconds) of the time represented from
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.Tn UTC ,
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with positive
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values indicating east of the Prime Meridian.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr date 1 ,
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.Xr gettimeofday 2 ,
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.Xr getenv 3 ,
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.Xr time 3 ,
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.Xr tzset 3 ,
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.Xr tzfile 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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This manual page is derived from
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the time package contributed to Berkeley by
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Arthur Olsen and which appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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.Sh BUGS
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Except for
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.Fn difftime
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and
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.Fn mktime ,
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these functions leaves their result in an internal static object and return
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a pointer to that object. Subsequent calls to these
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function will modify the same object.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa tm_zone
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field of a returned tm structure points to a static array of characters,
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which will also be overwritten by any subsequent calls (as well as by
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subsequent calls to
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.Xr tzset 3
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and
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.Xr tzsetwall 3 ) .
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.Pp
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Use of the external variable
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.Fa tzname
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is discouraged; the
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.Fa tm_zone
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entry in the tm structure is preferred.
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.Pp
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Avoid using out-of-range values with
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.Fn mktime
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when setting up lunch with promptness sticklers in Riyadh.
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