TIMESPEC_GET(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual TIMESPEC_GET(3)
NAME
timespec_get - get current calendar time
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <time.h>
int
timespec_get(struct timespec *ts, int base);
DESCRIPTION
The timespec_get function sets the interval pointed to by ts to hold the
current calendar time based on the specified time base in base.
The base TIME_UTC returns the time since the epoch. This time is
expressed in seconds and nanoseconds since midnight (0 hour), January 1,
1970. In NetBSD, this corresponds to CLOCK_REALTIME.
RETURN VALUES
The timespec_get function returns the passed value of base if successful,
otherwise 0 on failure.
SEE ALSO
clock_gettime(2), gettimeofday(2), time(3)
STANDARDS
The timespec_get function with a base of TIME_UTC conforms to ISO/IEC
9899:2011 ("ISO C11").
HISTORY
This interface first appeared in NetBSD 8.
AUTHORS
Kamil Rytarowski <
[email protected]>
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 June 2, 2020 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8