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TIME
!!!TIME
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
NOTES
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO
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!!NAME


time - get time in seconds
!!SYNOPSIS


__#include __


__time_t time(time_t *__''t''__);__
!!DESCRIPTION


__time__ returns the time since the Epoch (00:00:00 UTC,
January 1, 1970), measured in seconds.


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.
!!NOTES


POSIX.1 defines ''seconds since the Epoch'' as a value to
be interpreted as the number of seconds between a specified
time and the Epoch, according to a formula for conversion
from UTC equivalent to conversion on the na
''
!!CONFORMING TO


SVr4, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3
Under BSD 4.3, this call is obsoleted by
gettimeofday(2). POSIX does not specify any error
conditions.
!!SEE ALSO


ctime(3), date(1), ftime(3),
gettimeofday(2)
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