NAME

time, ftime − get date and time

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/timeb.h>

time_t timeofday = time((time_t ∗)0)
time_t timeofday = time(tloc)
time_t ∗tloc;

ftime(tp)
struct timeb ∗tp;

DESCRIPTION

time() returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970, measured in seconds. 

If tloc is non-NULL, the return value is also stored in the place to which tloc points. 

The ftime() entry fills in a structure pointed to by its argument, as defined by <sys/timeb.h>:

struct timeb
{
time_ttime;
unsigned short millitm;
shorttimezone;
shortdstflag;
};

The structure contains the time since the epoch in seconds, up to 1000 milliseconds of more-precise interval, the local time zone (measured in minutes of time westward from Greenwich), and a flag that, if nonzero, indicates that Daylight Saving time applies locally during the appropriate part of the year. 

SEE ALSO

date(1V), gettimeofday(2), ctime(3)

Sun Release 4.0  —  Last change: 6 October 1987