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FTIME(3) BSD Library Functions Manual FTIME(3) NAME ftime -- get date and time SYNOPSIS #include <sys/timeb.h> int ftime(struct timeb *tp); DESCRIPTION This interface is obsoleted by gettimeofday(2). The ftime() routine fills in a structure pointed to by its argument, as defined by <sys/timeb.h>: /* * Structure returned by ftime system call */ struct timeb { time_t time; unsigned short millitm; short timezone; short dstflag; }; The structure contains the time since the epoch, in seconds; up to 1000 milliseconds of more-precise interval; the local time zone (measured in minutes of time westward from Greenwich); and a flag that, if nonzero, indicates that Daylight Saving time applies locally during the appropri-ate appropriate ate part of the year. LEGACY SYNOPSIS #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/timeb.h> The include file <sys/types.h> is necessary. SEE ALSO gettimeofday(2), settimeofday(2), ctime(3), time(3), compat(5) HISTORY The ftime function appeared in 4.2BSD. BSD June 4, 1993 BSD |