NAME

       gettimeofday - get the date and time

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/time.h>

       int gettimeofday(struct timeval *restrict tp, void *restrict tzp);

DESCRIPTION

       The  gettimeofday()  function  shall  obtain  the  current  time, expressed as seconds and
       microseconds since the Epoch, and store it in the timeval structure pointed to by tp.  The
       resolution of the system clock is unspecified.

       If tzp is not a null pointer, the behavior is unspecified.

RETURN VALUE

       The  gettimeofday()  function shall return 0 and no value shall be reserved to indicate an
       error.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       ctime() , ftime() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <sys/time.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2003  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  by
       the  Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE  and  The  Open  Group
       Standard,  the  original  IEEE  and  The  Open Group Standard is the referee document. The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .