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48.Dd October 4, 2021
49.Dt TIME.H 3HEAD
50.Os
51.Sh NAME
52.Nm time.h ,
53.Nm time
54.Nd time types
55.Sh SYNOPSIS
56.In time.h
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58The
59.In time.h
60header declares the structure
61.Vt tm ,
62which includes the following members:
63.Bd -literal -offset indent
64int tm_sec     /* seconds [0,60] */
65int tm_min     /* minutes [0,59] */
66int tm_hour    /* hour [0,23] */
67int tm_mday    /* day of month [1,31] */
68int tm_mon     /* month of year [0,11] */
69int tm_year    /* years since 1900 */
70int tm_wday    /* day of week [0,6] (Sunday =0) */
71int tm_yday    /* day of year [0,365] */
72int tm_isdst   /* daylight savings flag */
73.Ed
74.Pp
75The value of
76.Fa tm_isdst
77is positive if Daylight Saving Time is in effect, 0 if Daylight Saving
78Time is not in effect, and negative if the information is not available.
79.Pp
80The
81.In time.h
82header defines the following symbolic names:
83.Bl -tag -width Ds
84.It Dv CLOCK_MONOTONIC
85The identifier for the system-wide monotonic clock, which is defined as a clock
86whose value cannot be set with
87.Fn clock_settime
88and that cannot have backward clock jumps.
89The maximum possible clock jump is implementation-defined.
90See
91.Xr clock_settime 3C .
92.It Dv CLOCKS_PER_SEC
93A number used to convert the value returned by the
94.Fn clock
95function into seconds.
96See
97.Xr clock 3C .
98.It Dv CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID
99The identifier of the CPU-time clock associated with the process making a
100.Fn clock
101or
102.Fn timer_*
103function call.
104This clock includes both user and system CPU-time.
105.It Dv CLOCK_REALTIME
106The identifier of the system-wide realtime clock.
107.It Dv CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID
108The identifier of the CPU-time clock associated with the thread making a
109.Fn clock
110or
111.Fn timer_*
112function call.
113This clock includes both user and system CPU-time.
114.It Dv CLOCK_VIRTUAL
115The identifier of the CPU-time clock associated with the thread making a
116.Fn clock
117or
118.Fn timer_*
119function call.
120This clock only includes user CPU-time.
121.It Dv NULL
122Null pointer constant.
123.It Dv TIMER_ABSTIME
124Flag indicating time is absolute.
125For functions taking timer objects, this refers to the clock associated
126with the timer.
127.It Dv TIME_UTC
128The identifier for the system-wide realtime clock with no time zone
129translation.
130Used in
131.Fn timespec_get .
132.El
133.Pp
134The
135.In time.h
136header declares the
137.Vt timespec
138structure, which has the following members:
139.Bd -literal -offset indent
140time_t tv_sec     /* seconds */
141long   tv_nsec     /* nanoseconds */
142.Ed
143.Pp
144The
145.In time.h
146header declares the
147.Vt itimerspec
148structure, which has the following members:
149.Bd -literal -offset indent
150struct timespec it_interval     /* timer period */
151struct timespec it_value     /* timer expiration */
152.Ed
153.Pp
154The
155.Vt clock_t ,
156.Vt size_t ,
157.Vt time_t ,
158.Vt clockid_t ,
159and
160.Vt timer_t
161types are defined as described in
162.In sys/types.h .
163See
164.Xr types.h 3HEAD .
165.Pp
166Although the value of
167.Dv CLOCKS_PER_SEC
168is required to be 1 million on all standard-conforming systems, it can
169be variable on other systems, and it should not be assumed that
170.Dv CLOCKS_PER_SEC
171is a compile-time constant.
172.Pp
173The
174.In time.h
175header provides a declaration for
176.Dv getdate_err .
177.Pp
178The following are declared as variables:
179.Bd -literal -offset indent
180extern int daylight;
181extern long timezone;
182extern char *tzname[];
183.Ed
184.Pp
185Inclusion of the
186.In time.h
187header can make visible all symbols from the
188.In signal.h
189header.
190.Sh USAGE
191The range [0,60] for
192.Fa tm_sec
193allows for the occasional leap second.
194.Pp
195.Fa tm_year
196is a signed value; therefore, years before 1900 can be represented.
197.Pp
198To obtain the number of clock ticks per second returned by the
199.Fn times
200function, applications should call
201.Fn sysconf "_SC_CLK_TCK" .
202See
203.Xr times 2
204and
205.Xr sysconf 3C .
206.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
207.Sy Committed
208.Sh SEE ALSO
209.Xr time 2 ,
210.Xr utime 2 ,
211.Xr clock 3C ,
212.Xr clock_settime 3C ,
213.Xr ctime 3C ,
214.Xr difftime 3C ,
215.Xr getdate 3C ,
216.Xr mktime 3C ,
217.Xr nanosleep 3C ,
218.Xr strftime 3C ,
219.Xr strptime 3C ,
220.Xr timer_create 3C ,
221.Xr timer_delete 3C ,
222.Xr timer_settime 3C ,
223.Xr timespec_get 3C ,
224.Xr types.h 3HEAD ,
225.Xr attributes 7 ,
226.Xr standards 7
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