NAME

time, ctime, ltime, gmtime − return system time

SYNOPSIS

integer function time() character∗24 function ctime (stime)
integer∗4 stime subroutine ltime (stime, tarray)
integer∗4 stime, tarray(9) subroutine gmtime (stime, tarray)
integer∗4 stime, tarray(9)

DESCRIPTION

Time returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970, measured in seconds.  This is the value of the UNIX system clock. 

Ctime converts a system time to a 24 character ASCII string.  The format is described under ctime(3). No ’newline’ or NULL will be included.

Ltime and gmtime disect a UNIX time into month, day, etc., either for the local time zone or as GMT.  The order and meaning of the 9 elements returned in tarray is described under ctime(3).

FILES

/usr/lib/libU77.a

SEE ALSO

ctime(3), idate(3F), fdate(3F)

Sun Release 3.2  —  Last change: 9 January 1984