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PMTIMEVALNOW(3) Library Functions Manual PMTIMEVALNOW(3)

NAME top

   **pmtimevalNow**, **pmtimevalInc**, **pmtimevalDec**, **pmtimevalAdd**,
   **pmtimevalSub**, **pmtimevalToReal**, **pmtimevalFromReal**, **pmPrintStamp** -
   helper routines for time stored as a struct timeval

C SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <pcp/pmapi.h>**

   **void pmtimevalNow(struct timeval ***_tv_**);**
   **void pmtimevalInc(struct timeval ***_ap_**, const struct timeval ***_bp_**);**
   **void pmtimevalDec(struct timeval ***_ap_**, const struct timeval ***_bp_**);**
   **double pmtimevalAdd(const struct timeval ***_ap_**, const struct timeval**
   *****_bp_**);**
   **double pmtimevalSub(const struct timeval ***_ap_**, const struct timeval**
   *****_bp_**);**
   **double pmtimevalToReal(const struct timeval ***_val_**);**
   **void pmtimevalFromReal(double** _secs_**, struct timeval ***_val_**);**
   **void pmPrintStamp(FILE ***_f_**, const struct timeval ***_tp_**);**

   **cc ... -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   **pmtimevalNow** is a platform-independent method that returns the
   current system time since the Epoch in _tv_.

   **pmtimevalInc** adds the time in _ap_ to the time in _bp_ and stores the
   result in _ap_.  Similarly **pmtimevalDec** subtracts the time in _bp_
   from the time in _ap_ and stores the result in _ap_.

   **pmtimevalAdd** (and **pmtimevalSub**) add (and subtract) times and
   return the result as a double value.  The time in the _ap_ argument
   is not changed.

   **pmtimevalToReal** converts the time in _tp_ to an equivalent double
   value.  **pmtimevalFromReal** provides the reverse conversion, taking
   the time in _secs_ and returning the equivalent time in _val_.

   **pmPrintStamp** prints the timestamp from _tp_ on the stream _f_ in the
   local time (as returned by [pmLocaltime(3)](../man3/pmLocaltime.3.html)) in the format
   HH:MM:SS.XXX.

NOTES top

   For variants of these interfaces using nanosecond precision and
   the timespec structure, refer to [pmtimespecNow(3)](../man3/pmtimespecNow.3.html).

SEE ALSO top

   [gettimeofday(2)](../man2/gettimeofday.2.html), [time(2)](../man2/time.2.html), [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html), [pmLocaltime(3)](../man3/pmLocaltime.3.html) and
   [pmtimespecNow(3)](../man3/pmtimespecNow.3.html).

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