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TIMERADD(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual TIMERADD(3) NAME timeradd, timersub, timerclear, timerisset, timercmp, timespecadd, timespecsub, timespecclear, timespecisset, timespeccmp - operations on timevals and timespecs SYNOPSIS #include <sys/time.h> void timeradd(struct timeval *a, struct timeval *b, struct timeval *res); void timersub(struct timeval *a, struct timeval *b, struct timeval *res); void timerclear(struct timeval *tvp); int timerisset(struct timeval *tvp); int timercmp(struct timeval *a, struct timeval *b, CMP); void timespecadd(struct timespec *a, struct timespec *b, struct timespec *res); void timespecsub(struct timespec *a, struct timespec *b, struct timespec *res); void timespecclear(struct timespec *ts); int timespecisset(struct timespec *ts); int timespeccmp(struct timespec *a, struct timespec *b, CMP); DESCRIPTION These macros are provided for manipulating timeval and timespec structures for use with the clock_gettime(2), clock_settime(2), gettimeofday(2) and settimeofday(2) calls. The timeval structure is defined in <sys/time.h> as: struct timeval { long tv_sec; /* seconds since Jan. 1, 1970 */ long tv_usec; /* and microseconds */ }; And the timespec structure is defined in <time.h> as: struct timespec { time_t tv_sec; /* seconds */ long tv_nsec; /* and nanoseconds */ }; timeradd() and timespecadd() add the time information stored in a to b and store the result in res. The results are simplified such that the value of res->tv_usec or res->tv_nsec is always less than 1 second. timersub() and timespecsub() subtract the time information stored in b from a and store the result in res. timerclear() and timespecclear() initialize their argument to midnight (0 hour) January 1st, 1970 (the Epoch). timerisset() and timespecisset() return true if their argument is set to any time value other than the Epoch. timercmp() and timespeccmp() compare a to b using the comparison operator given in CMP, and return the result of that comparison. SEE ALSO clock_gettime(2), gettimeofday(2) HISTORY The timeradd() family of macros were imported from NetBSD 1.1, and appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.6. The timespecadd() family of macros were imported from NetBSD 1.3 into FreeBSD 3.0, though they were not exposed to userland until FreeBSD 12.0. FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 July 30, 2018 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8