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30.Dd August 11, 1999
31.Dt TIMERADD 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm timeradd ,
35.Nm timersub ,
36.Nm timerclear ,
37.Nm timerisset ,
38.Nm timercmp
39.Nd operations on timevals
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In sys/time.h
42.Ft void
43.Fn timeradd "struct timeval *a" "struct timeval *b" "struct timeval *res"
44.Ft void
45.Fn timersub "struct timeval *a" "struct timeval *b" "struct timeval *res"
46.Ft void
47.Fn timerclear "struct timeval *tvp"
48.Ft int
49.Fn timerisset "struct timeval *tvp"
50.Ft int
51.Fn timercmp "struct timeval *a" "struct timeval *b" CMP
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53These macros are provided for manipulating
54.Fa timeval
55structures for use with the
56.Xr gettimeofday 2
57and
58.Xr settimeofday 2
59calls.
60The structure is defined in
61.In sys/time.h
62as:
63.Bd -literal
64struct timeval {
65	long	tv_sec;		/* seconds since Jan. 1, 1970 */
66	long	tv_usec;	/* and microseconds */
67};
68.Ed
69.Pp
70.Fn timeradd
71adds the time information stored in
72.Fa a
73to
74.Fa b
75and stores the resulting
76.Vt timeval
77in
78.Fa res .
79The results are simplified such that the value of
80.Fa res->tv_usec
81is always less than 1,000,000 (1 second).
82.Pp
83.Fn timersub
84subtracts the time information stored in
85.Fa b
86from
87.Fa a
88and stores the resulting
89.Vt timeval
90in
91.Fa res .
92.Pp
93.Fn timerclear
94initializes
95.Fa tvp
96to midnight (0 hour) January 1st, 1970 (the Epoch).
97.Pp
98.Fn timerisset
99returns true if
100.Fa tvp
101is set to any time value other than the Epoch.
102.Pp
103.Fn timercmp
104compares
105.Fa a
106to
107.Fa b
108using the comparison operator given in
109.Fa CMP ,
110and returns the result of that comparison.
111.Sh SEE ALSO
112.Xr gettimeofday 2
113.Sh HISTORY
114The
115.Fn timeradd
116family of macros were imported from
117.Nx 1.1 ,
118and appeared in
119.Fx 2.2.6 .
120