GETTIMEOFDAY(3)            POSIX Programmer's Manual           GETTIMEOFDAY(3)



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NAME
       gettimeofday -- get the date and time

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/time.h>

       int gettimeofday(struct timeval *restrict tp, void *restrict tzp);

DESCRIPTION
       The gettimeofday() function shall obtain the current time, expressed as
       seconds and microseconds since the Epoch, and store it in the timeval
       structure pointed to by tp.  The resolution of the system clock is
       unspecified.

       If tzp is not a null pointer, the behavior is unspecified.

RETURN VALUE
       The gettimeofday() function shall return 0 and no value shall be
       reserved to indicate an error.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       Applications should use the clock__gettime() function instead of the
       obsolescent gettimeofday() function.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       The gettimeofday() function may be removed in a future version.

SEE ALSO
       clock__getres(), ctime()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, <sys_time.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology --
       Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the
       original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The
       Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can
       be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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IEEE/The Open Group                  2017                      GETTIMEOFDAY(3)
