NAME

gettimeofday - get the date and time

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/time.h>

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

DESCRIPTION

The gettimeofday() function obtains the current time, expressed as seconds and microseconds since 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), January 1, 1970, and stores 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 behaviour is unspecified.

RETURN VALUE

The gettimeofday() function returns 0 and no value is reserved to indicate an error.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

ctime(), ftime(), <sys/time.h>.