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NAME
       time - get time in seconds


SYNOPSIS
       #include <time.h>

       time_t time(time_t *t);


DESCRIPTION
       time()  returns  the  time  as  the  number of seconds since the Epoch,
       1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC).

       If t is non-NULL, the return value is also stored in the memory pointed
       to by t.


RETURN VALUE
       On  success,  the value of time in seconds since the Epoch is returned.
       On error, ((time_t) -1) is returned, and errno is set appropriately.


ERRORS
       EFAULT t points outside your accessible address space.


CONFORMING TO
       SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.  POSIX does not specify any error
       conditions.


NOTES
       POSIX.1   defines   seconds  since  the  Epoch  using  a  formula  that
       approximates the number of seconds between a  specified  time  and  the
       Epoch.  This formula takes account of the facts that all years that are
       evenly divisible by 4  are  leap  years,  but  years  that  are  evenly
       divisible  by  100  are  not  leap  years  unless  they are also evenly
       divisible by 400, in which case they are leap years.  This value is not
       the  same  as  the  actual  number  of seconds between the time and the
       Epoch, because of leap  seconds  and  because  system  clocks  are  not
       required  to be synchronized to a standard reference.  The intention is
       that  the  interpretation  of  seconds  since  the  Epoch   values   be
       consistent; see POSIX.1-2008 Rationale A.4.15 for further rationale.


SEE ALSO
       date(1), gettimeofday(2), ctime(3), ftime(3), time(7)


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