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29.Dd August 24, 2016
30.Dt ELFTC_TIMESTAMP 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm elftc_timestamp
34.Nd return the current or environment-provided timestamp
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libelftc
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libelftc.h
39.Ft int
40.Fo elftc_timestamp
41.Fa "time_t *timestamp"
42.Fc
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn elftc_timestamp
46function returns a timestamp supplied by the
47.Ev SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
48environment variable, or the current time provided by
49.Xr time 3
50if the environment variable is not set.
51.Pp
52The
53.Ar timestamp
54argument specifies a pointer to the location where the timestamp will be
55stored.
56.Sh RETURN VALUES
57Function
58.Fn elftc_timestamp
59returns 0 on success, and -1 in the event of an error.
60.Sh ERRORS
61The
62.Fn elftc_timestamp
63function may fail with the following errors:
64.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er ERANGE"
65.It Bq Er EINVAL
66.Ev SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
67contains invalid characters.
68.It Bq Er ERANGE
69.Ev SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
70specifies a negative value or a value that cannot be stored in a
71time_t.
72.El
73The
74.Fn elftc_timestamp
75function may also fail for any of the reasons described in
76.Xr strtoll 3 .
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr strtoll 3 ,
79.Xr time 3
80