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ftime(3)

get date and time

NAME

ftime – get date and time

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/timeb.h>

int

ftime(struct timeb *tp);

DESCRIPTION

This interface is obsoleted by gettimeofday(2).

The ftime() routine fills in a structure pointed to by its argument, as defined by ⟨sys/timeb.h⟩:

/*
 * Structure returned by ftime system call
 */
struct timeb
{
	  time_t  time;
	  unsigned short millitm;
	  short   timezone;
	  short   dstflag;
};

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.

LEGACY SYNOPSIS

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

The include file ⟨sys/types.h⟩ is necessary.

SEE ALSO

gettimeofday(2), settimeofday(2), ctime(3), time(3), compat(5)

HISTORY

The ftime function appeared in 4.2BSD.

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