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32.Dd August 10, 2018
33.Dt TIMESPEC_GET 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm timespec_get
37.Nd get current calendar time
38.Sh LIBRARY
39.Lb libc
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In time.h
42.Ft int
43.Fn timespec_get "struct timespec *ts" "int base"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm
47function sets the interval pointed to by
48.Fa ts
49to hold the current calendar time based on the specified time base in
50.Fa base .
51.Pp
52The base
53.Dv TIME_UTC
54returns the time since the epoch.
55This time is expressed in seconds and nanoseconds since midnight (0 hour), January 1, 1970.
56In
57.Fx ,
58this corresponds to
59.Dv CLOCK_REALTIME .
60.Sh RETURN VALUES
61The
62.Nm
63function returns the passed value of
64.Fa base
65if successful, otherwise
66.Dv 0
67on failure.
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr clock_gettime 2 ,
70.Xr gettimeofday 2 ,
71.Xr time 3
72.Sh STANDARDS
73The
74.Nm
75function with a
76.Fa base
77of
78.Dv TIME_UTC
79conforms to
80.St -isoC-2011 .
81.Sh HISTORY
82This interface first appeared in
83.Fx 12 .
84.Sh AUTHORS
85.An Kamil Rytarowski Aq Mt kamil@NetBSD.org
86.An Warner Losh Aq Mt imp@FreeBSD.org
87