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28.Dd July 30, 2018
29.Dt TIMERADD 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm timeradd ,
33.Nm timersub ,
34.Nm timerclear ,
35.Nm timerisset ,
36.Nm timercmp ,
37.Nm timespecadd ,
38.Nm timespecsub ,
39.Nm timespecclear ,
40.Nm timespecisset ,
41.Nm timespeccmp
42.Nd operations on timevals and timespecs
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/time.h
45.Ft void
46.Fn timeradd "struct timeval *a" "struct timeval *b" "struct timeval *res"
47.Ft void
48.Fn timersub "struct timeval *a" "struct timeval *b" "struct timeval *res"
49.Ft void
50.Fn timerclear "struct timeval *tvp"
51.Ft int
52.Fn timerisset "struct timeval *tvp"
53.Ft int
54.Fn timercmp "struct timeval *a" "struct timeval *b" CMP
55.Ft void
56.Fn timespecadd "struct timespec *a" "struct timespec *b" "struct timespec *res"
57.Ft void
58.Fn timespecsub "struct timespec *a" "struct timespec *b" "struct timespec *res"
59.Ft void
60.Fn timespecclear "struct timespec *ts"
61.Ft int
62.Fn timespecisset "struct timespec *ts"
63.Ft int
64.Fn timespeccmp "struct timespec *a" "struct timespec *b" CMP
65.Sh DESCRIPTION
66These macros are provided for manipulating
67.Fa timeval
68and
69.Fa timespec
70structures for use with the
71.Xr clock_gettime 2 ,
72.Xr clock_settime 2 ,
73.Xr gettimeofday 2
74and
75.Xr settimeofday 2
76calls.
77The
78.Fa timeval
79structure is defined in
80.In sys/time.h
81as:
82.Bd -literal
83struct timeval {
84	long	tv_sec;		/* seconds since Jan. 1, 1970 */
85	long	tv_usec;	/* and microseconds */
86};
87.Ed
88And the
89.Fa timespec
90structure is defined in
91.In time.h
92as:
93.Bd -literal
94struct timespec {
95	time_t tv_sec;		/* seconds */
96	long   tv_nsec;		/* and nanoseconds */
97};
98.Ed
99.Pp
100.Fn timeradd
101and
102.Fn timespecadd
103add the time information stored in
104.Fa a
105to
106.Fa b
107and store the result in
108.Fa res .
109The results are simplified such that the value of
110.Fa res->tv_usec
111or
112.Fa res->tv_nsec
113is always less than 1 second.
114.Pp
115.Fn timersub
116and
117.Fn timespecsub
118subtract the time information stored in
119.Fa b
120from
121.Fa a
122and store the result
123in
124.Fa res .
125.Pp
126.Fn timerclear
127and
128.Fn timespecclear
129initialize their argument to midnight (0 hour) January 1st, 1970 (the Epoch).
130.Pp
131.Fn timerisset
132and
133.Fn timespecisset
134return true if their argument is set to any time value other than the Epoch.
135.Pp
136.Fn timercmp
137and
138.Fn timespeccmp
139compare
140.Fa a
141to
142.Fa b
143using the comparison operator given in
144.Fa CMP ,
145and return the result of that comparison.
146.Sh SEE ALSO
147.Xr clock_gettime 2 ,
148.Xr gettimeofday 2
149.Sh HISTORY
150The
151.Fn timeradd
152family of macros were imported from
153.Nx 1.1 ,
154and appeared in
155.Fx 2.2.6 .
156The
157.Fn timespecadd
158family of macros were imported from
159.Nx 1.3
160into
161.Fx 3.0 ,
162though they were not exposed to userland until
163.Fx 12.0 .
164