---
name: "tsk_gettimes"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sleuthkit"
version: "4.15.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tsk_gettimes"
---

# tsk\_gettimes(1)

Collect MAC times from a disk image into a body file.

## NAME

tsk\_gettimes - Collect MAC times from a disk image into a body file.

## SYNOPSIS

**tsk\_gettimes \[-vV\] \[ -f** *fstype* **\] \[ -i** *imgtype* **\] \[ -b** *dev\_sector\_size* **\] \[ -z** *zone* **\] \[ -s** *seconds* **\]** *image \[images\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**tsk\_gettimes** examines each of the file systems in a disk image and returns the data about them in the MACtime body format (the same as running 'fls -m' on each file system).  The output of this can be used as input to mactime to make a timeline of file activity. The data is printed to STDOUT, which can then be redirected to a file.

The arguments are as follows:

- \-v

  verbose output to stderr

- \-V

  Print version

- \-f fstype

  Specify the file system type. Use '-f list' to list the supported file system types. If not given, autodetection methods are used.

- \-i imgtype

  The format of the image file, such as raw. Use '-i list' to list the supported types. If not given, autodetection methods are used.

- \-b dev\_sector\_size

  The size (in bytes) of the device sectors. If not given, autodetection methods are used.

- \-o sector\_offset

  Sector offset for a volume to recover (recovers only that volume) If not given, will attempt to recover all volumes in image and save them to different folders.

- \-s seconds

  The time skew of the original system in seconds.  For example, if the original system was 100 seconds slow, this value would be -100.

- \-z zone

  The ASCII string of the time zone of the original system.  For example, EST or GMT.  These strings must be defined by your operating system and may vary.

- image \[images\]

  The disk or partition image to read, whose format is given with '-i'. Multiple image file names can be given if the image is split into multiple segments. If only one image file is given, and its name is the first in a sequence (e.g., as indicated by ending in '.001'), subsequent image segments will be included automatically.

## EXAMPLES

To collect data about image image.dd:

	\# tsk\_gettimes ./image.dd \> body.txt

## AUTHOR

Brian Carrier \<carrier at sleuthkit dot org\>

Send documentation updates to \<doc-updates at sleuthkit dot org\>