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TIME 3 ""
C 4 NAME
time - get time of day
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> time_t time(tloc) time_t *tloc;
DESCRIPTION
Time returns the value of time in seconds since 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time.
The argument tloc points to an area where the return value is also stored. If tloc is a NULL pointer, no value is stored.
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
The following error codes may be set in
errno : 15 [EFAULT] An argument address referenced invalid memory.
"SEE ALSO"
gettimeofday(2), ctime(3)