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gettimeofday(2)						       gettimeofday(2)

NAME
       gettimeofday,   settimeofday,  ftime,  gettimeofday64,  settimeofday64,
       TIMEVAL32TO64, TIMEVAL64TO32 - Gets and sets date and time and converts
       time between timeval and timeval64

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/time.h>

       int gettimeofday(
	       struct timeval *tp,
	       void *tzp ); #include <sys/timeb.h>

       int ftime(
	       struct timeb *tp );

       The following function declarations do not conform to current standards
       and  are	 supported   only   for	  backward   compatibility:   #include
       <sys/time.h>

       int gettimeofday(
	       struct timeval *tp,
	       struct timezone *tzp ); int settimeofday(
	       struct timeval *tp,
	       struct timezone *tzp );

       The  following  data  type, function declarations, and macros are Tru64
       UNIX extensions and do not conform to current standards. These features
       are  provided to support the time64_t data type and are accessible only
       when  the  _TIME64_T  feature  macro  is	 defined  during  compilation.
       #include <sys/time.h>

       struct timeval64 {
	     time64_t  tv_sec;	   /* seconds */
	     int tv_usec;	   /* microseconds */ };

       int gettimeofday64(
	       struct timeval64 *tp64,
	       void *tzp ); void TIMEVAL32TO64(
	       tv32, tv64 ); int TIMEVAL64TO32(
	       tv64, tv32 );

       The  following  function	 declarations correspond to their non-standard
       counterparts above, using timeval64 in place of timeval: int gettimeof‐
       day64(
	       struct timeval64 *tp64,
	       struct timezone *tzp ); int settimeofday64(
	       struct timeval64 *tp64,
	       struct timezone *tzp );

LIBRARY
       Standard C Library (libc)

STANDARDS
       Interfaces  documented on this reference page conform to industry stan‐
       dards as follows:

       gettimeofday(), ftime():	 XPG4-UNIX

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page	 for  more  information	 about
       industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS
       For  gettimeofday()  and settimeofday(), points to a timeval structure,
       defined in the <sys/time.h> file.

	      For ftime(),  points  to	a  timeb  structure,  defined  in  the
	      <sys/timeb.h>  file.   [Tru64 UNIX]  For the backward-compatible
	      versions of gettimeofday() and settimeofday(), points to a time‐
	      zone  structure, defined in the <sys/time.h> file.  For gettime‐
	      ofday64() and settimeofday64(), points to a timeval64 structure,
	      defined  in  the	<sys/time.h>  system header file and described
	      below.  Refers to a variable of type timeval.  Refers to a vari‐
	      able of type timeval64.

DESCRIPTION
       The  gettimeofday(),  ftime(), and settimeofday() functions get and set
       the time and timezone information stored in the kernel.

       The gettimeofday() function gets the current time, expressed in seconds
       and  microseconds since midnight (0 hour), January 1, 1970 UTC (Coordi‐
       nated Universal Time, formerly Greenwich Mean Time or GMT), and	stores
       it in the timeval structure pointed to by tp.

       The  ftime()  function  sets  the time and millitm members of the timeb
       structure pointed to by tp to contain the seconds and milliseconds por‐
       tions,  respectively,  of the current time in seconds since midnight (0
       hour), January 1, 1970 UTC.

       See the NOTES section for information on the  backward-compatible  ver‐
       sions of gettimeofday() and settimeofday().

       See the timezone(3) reference page for information on timezone handling
       on Tru64 UNIX systems.

       The timeval64 struct is identical to the timeval struct defined in  the
       <sys/time.h>  system header file except that the tv_sec (seconds) field
       is of type time64_t.  The  time64_t  data  type	is  described  in  the
       time(3) reference page.	The timeval64 struct is provided to allow han‐
       dling of larger time values using the time64_t data type	 and  is  only
       available  when	the _TIME64_T feature macro is defined during compila‐
       tion.

       The gettimeofday64() and settimeofday64() functions work exactly as the
       gettimeofday() and settimeofday() functions (respectively), but use the
       larger timeval64 struct (referenced by the  tp64	 pointer)  instead  of
       timeval.	  The  current	system time setting limits (Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT
       1970 through Jan 19 03:14:07 GMT 2038) are not changed by  these	 func‐
       tion  or	 the  timeval64	 struct.  These function declarations are only
       available when the _TIME64_T feature macro is defined  during  compila‐
       tion.

       The  TIMEVAL32TO64()  and TIMEVAL64TO32() macros are provided to assist
       developers converting between values of type timeval and values of type
       timeval64.  The	TIMEVAL32TO64() macro converts the values contained in
       the tv32 struct to values corresponding to  timeval64  struct  members,
       storing the results in tv64 and performing sign-extension on the tv_sec
       (seconds) field as appropriate. The TIMEVAL64TO32() macro  attempts  to
       convert	the  values  contained	in the timeval64 struct tv64 to values
       corresponding to timeval struct members, storing the results  in	 tv32.
       If  the	value of the tv_sec (seconds) field of tv64 overflows the size
       of a time_t, the value of   the TIMEVAL64TO32() macro will be 1 and the
       values  contained  in  tv32  are undefined. Otherwise, the value of the
       TIMEVAL64TO32() macro will be 0 and tv32	 will  contain	the  converted
       values  from tv64.  These conversion macros are only available when the
       _TIME64_T feature macro is defined during compilation.

NOTES
       The following information applies only to the backward-compatible  ver‐
       sions of the gettimeofday() and settimeofday() functions.

       [Tru64  UNIX]  The timezone structure that is returned for the gettime‐
       ofday() call is set at boot time by  the	 /sbin/init.d/settime  script.
       The  tz_minuteswest  field  of  the structure is set to your local time
       zone.  This field is set only for  backward  compatibility  with	 older
       applications that may use the gettimeofday() call for timezone informa‐
       tion.  The tz_dsttime field is set to zero because this field is	 obso‐
       lete.

       [Tru64  UNIX]  On  SVID2-compatible systems, local timezone information
       is maintained in the kernel, although the information is not  as	 accu‐
       rate  or	 as complete as the information that can be maintained at user
       level.  On these systems, you can use the tzp parameter with gettimeof‐
       day()  and  settimeofday() to get and set timezone information in addi‐
       tion to the time. The tzp parameter returns a  pointer  to  a  timezone
       structure that contains the local timezone expressed in minutes of time
       westward from Greenwich and a flag that, when nonzero,  indicates  that
       daylight	 savings  time	applies	 locally during some part of the year.
       Note that, if the tzp parameter is set to NULL, timezone information is
       not returned or set.

       [Tru64  UNIX]  A	 process  must have the sysattr effective privilege to
       use settimeofday().

       The above notes also pertain to the non-standard versions of gettimeof‐
       day64() and settimeofday64() as well.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon  successful	 completion, a value of 0 (zero) is returned from get‐
       timeofday(), settimeofday(),  gettimeofday64(),	and  settimeofday64().
       Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       If  the gettimeofday(), settimeofday(), gettimeofday64(), or settimeof‐
       day64() functions fail, errno may  be  set  to  the  following  values:
       [Tru64  UNIX]  A	 parameter  points  to	an  invalid  address.	[Tru64
       UNIX]  The process's effective user ID does not have the sysattr effec‐
       tive privilege, which is required for using settimeofday() and settime‐
       ofday64().

SEE ALSO
       Commands:  date(1), zdump(8), zic(8)

       Functions:  adjtime(2),	ctime(3),   getclock(3),   gettimer(3),	  set‐
       clock(3), strftime(3), timezone(3), time(3)

       Files:  tzfile(4)

       Standards:  standards(5)

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