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time.h — time typesSYNOPSIS top
#include <time.h>DESCRIPTION top
Some of the functionality described on this reference page extends
the ISO C standard. Applications shall define the appropriate
feature test macro (see the System Interfaces volume of
POSIX.1‐2017, _Section 2.2_, _The Compilation Environment_) to enable
the visibility of these symbols in this header.
The _<time.h>_ header shall define the **clock_t**, **size_t**, **time_t**,
types as described in _<sys/types.h>_.
The _<time.h>_ header shall define the **clockid_t** and **timer_t** types
as described in _<sys/types.h>_.
The _<time.h>_ header shall define the **locale_t** type as described in
_<locale.h>_.
The _<time.h>_ header shall define the **pid_t** type as described in
_<sys/types.h>_.
The tag **sigevent** shall be declared as naming an incomplete
structure type, the contents of which are described in the
_<signal.h>_ header.
The _<time.h>_ header shall declare the **tm** structure, which shall
include at least the following members:
int tm_sec Seconds [0,60].
int tm_min Minutes [0,59].
int tm_hour Hour [0,23].
int tm_mday Day of month [1,31].
int tm_mon Month of year [0,11].
int tm_year Years since 1900.
int tm_wday Day of week [0,6] (Sunday =0).
int tm_yday Day of year [0,365].
int tm_isdst Daylight Savings flag.
The value of _tmisdst_ shall be positive if Daylight Savings Time
is in effect, 0 if Daylight Savings Time is not in effect, and
negative if the information is not available.
The _<time.h>_ header shall declare the **timespec** structure, which
shall include at least the following members:
time_t tv_sec Seconds.
long tv_nsec Nanoseconds.
The _<time.h>_ header shall also declare the **itimerspec** structure,
which shall include at least the following members:
struct timespec it_interval Timer period.
struct timespec it_value Timer expiration.
The _<time.h>_ header shall define the following macros:
NULL As described in _<stddef.h>_.
CLOCKS_PER_SEC
A number used to convert the value returned by the
_clock_() function into seconds. The value shall be an
expression with type **clock_t**. The value of
CLOCKS_PER_SEC shall be 1 million on XSI-conformant
systems. However, it may be variable on other
systems, and it should not be assumed that
CLOCKS_PER_SEC is a compile-time constant.
The _<time.h>_ header shall define the following symbolic constants.
The values shall have a type that is assignment-compatible with
**clockid_t**.
CLOCK_MONOTONIC
The identifier for the system-wide monotonic clock,
which is defined as a clock measuring real time,
whose value cannot be set via _clocksettime_() and
which cannot have negative clock jumps. The maximum
possible clock jump shall be implementation-defined.
CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID
The identifier of the CPU-time clock associated with
the process making a _clock_() or _timer*_() function
call.
CLOCK_REALTIME
The identifier of the system-wide clock measuring
real time.
CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID
The identifier of the CPU-time clock associated with
the thread making a _clock_() or _timer*_() function
call.
The _<time.h>_ header shall define the following symbolic constant:
TIMER_ABSTIME Flag indicating time is absolute. For functions
taking timer objects, this refers to the clock
associated with the timer.
The _<time.h>_ header shall provide a declaration or definition for
_getdateerr_. The _getdateerr_ symbol shall expand to an expression
of type **int**. It is unspecified whether _getdateerr_ is a macro or
an identifier declared with external linkage, and whether or not
it is a modifiable lvalue. If a macro definition is suppressed in
order to access an actual object, or a program defines an
identifier with the name _getdateerr_, the behavior is undefined.
The following shall be declared as functions and may also be
defined as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.
char *asctime(const struct tm *);
char *asctime_r(const struct tm *restrict, char *restrict);
clock_t clock(void);
int clock_getcpuclockid(pid_t, clockid_t *);
int clock_getres(clockid_t, struct timespec *);
int clock_gettime(clockid_t, struct timespec *);
int clock_nanosleep(clockid_t, int, const struct timespec *,
struct timespec *);
int clock_settime(clockid_t, const struct timespec *);
char *ctime(const time_t *);
char *ctime_r(const time_t *, char *);
double difftime(time_t, time_t);
struct tm *getdate(const char *);
struct tm *gmtime(const time_t *);
struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *restrict, struct tm *restrict);
struct tm *localtime(const time_t *);
struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *restrict, struct tm *restrict);
time_t mktime(struct tm *);
int nanosleep(const struct timespec *, struct timespec *);
size_t strftime(char *restrict, size_t, const char *restrict,
const struct tm *restrict);
size_t strftime_l(char *restrict, size_t, const char *restrict,
const struct tm *restrict, locale_t);
char *strptime(const char *restrict, const char *restrict,
struct tm *restrict);
time_t time(time_t *);
int timer_create(clockid_t, struct sigevent *restrict,
timer_t *restrict);
int timer_delete(timer_t);
int timer_getoverrun(timer_t);
int timer_gettime(timer_t, struct itimerspec *);
int timer_settime(timer_t, int, const struct itimerspec *restrict,
struct itimerspec *restrict);
void tzset(void);
The _<time.h>_ header shall declare the following as variables:
extern int daylight;
extern long timezone;
extern char *tzname[];
Inclusion of the _<time.h>_ header may make visible all symbols from
the _<signal.h>_ header.
_The following sections are informative._APPLICATION USAGE top
The range [0,60] for _tmsec_ allows for the occasional leap second.
_tmyear_ is a signed value; therefore, years before 1900 may be
represented.
To obtain the number of clock ticks per second returned by the
_times_() function, applications should call _sysconf_(_SC_CLK_TCK).RATIONALE top
The range [0,60] seconds allows for positive or negative leap
seconds. The formal definition of UTC does not permit double leap
seconds, so all mention of double leap seconds has been removed,
and the range shortened from the former [0,61] seconds seen in
earlier versions of this standard.FUTURE DIRECTIONS top
None.SEE ALSO top
[locale.h(0p)](../man0/locale.h.0p.html), [signal.h(0p)](../man0/signal.h.0p.html), [stddef.h(0p)](../man0/stddef.h.0p.html), [sys_types.h(0p)](../man0/sys%5Ftypes.h.0p.html)
The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2017, _Section 2.2_, _The_
_Compilation Environment_, [asctime(3p)](../man3/asctime.3p.html), [clock(3p)](../man3/clock.3p.html),
[clock_getcpuclockid(3p)](../man3/clock%5Fgetcpuclockid.3p.html), [clock_getres(3p)](../man3/clock%5Fgetres.3p.html), [clock_nanosleep(3p)](../man3/clock%5Fnanosleep.3p.html),
[ctime(3p)](../man3/ctime.3p.html), [difftime(3p)](../man3/difftime.3p.html), [getdate(3p)](../man3/getdate.3p.html), [gmtime(3p)](../man3/gmtime.3p.html), [localtime(3p)](../man3/localtime.3p.html),
[mktime(3p)](../man3/mktime.3p.html), [mq_receive(3p)](../man3/mq%5Freceive.3p.html), [mq_send(3p)](../man3/mq%5Fsend.3p.html), [nanosleep(3p)](../man3/nanosleep.3p.html),
[pthread_getcpuclockid(3p)](../man3/pthread%5Fgetcpuclockid.3p.html), [pthread_mutex_timedlock(3p)](../man3/pthread%5Fmutex%5Ftimedlock.3p.html),
[pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock(3p)](../man3/pthread%5Frwlock%5Ftimedrdlock.3p.html), [pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock(3p)](../man3/pthread%5Frwlock%5Ftimedwrlock.3p.html),
[sem_timedwait(3p)](../man3/sem%5Ftimedwait.3p.html), [strftime(3p)](../man3/strftime.3p.html), [strptime(3p)](../man3/strptime.3p.html), [sysconf(3p)](../man3/sysconf.3p.html),
[time(3p)](../man3/time.3p.html), [timer_create(3p)](../man3/timer%5Fcreate.3p.html), [timer_delete(3p)](../man3/timer%5Fdelete.3p.html),
[timer_getoverrun(3p)](../man3/timer%5Fgetoverrun.3p.html), [tzset(3p)](../man3/tzset.3p.html), [utime(3p)](../man3/utime.3p.html)COPYRIGHT top
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
(C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between
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