NAME
time —
get time of day
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/types.h>
time_t
time(time_t
*tloc);
DESCRIPTION
Thetime()
function returns the value of time in seconds since 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0
seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time.
A copy of the time value may be saved to the area indicated by the pointer tloc. If tloc is a NULL pointer, no value is stored.
Upon successful completion,
time()
returns the value of time. Otherwise a value of
((time_t) -1) is returned and the global variable
errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The following error codes may be set in errno:
- [
EFAULT] - An argument address referenced invalid memory.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
A time() function appeared in
Version 6 AT&T UNIX.