NAME

time − get time

SYNOPSIS

#include <time.h>

time_t time(time_t *tloc);

DESCRIPTION

time() returns the value of time in seconds since the Epoch. 

If tloc is not a null pointer, the return value is also assigned to the object to which it points. 

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, time() returns the value of time.  Otherwise, a value of (time_t)−1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. 

ERRORS

[EFAULT] time() fails if tloc points to an illegal address.  The reliable detection of this error is implementation dependent. 

SEE ALSO

date(1), gettimeofday(2), stime(2), ctime(3C), strftime(3C). 

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

time(): AES, SVID2, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, FIPS 151-2, POSIX.1, ANSI C

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