Linux / Unix Command: time

Command Library

NAME

time - get time in seconds  

SYNOPSIS

#include <time.h>

time_t time(time_t *t);  

DESCRIPTION

time returns the time since the Epoch (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970), measured in seconds.

If t is non-NULL, the return value is also stored in the memory pointed to by t.  

RETURN VALUE

On success, the value of time in seconds since the Epoch is returned. On error, ((time_t)-1) is returned, and errno is set appropriately.  

ERRORS

EFAULT

t points outside your accessible address space.

 

SEE ALSO

ctime(3), date(1), ftime(3), gettimeofday(2)

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