PROLOG

       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface
       may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface
       may not be implemented on Linux.

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

       Applications should use the clock_gettime() function instead of the obsolescent gettimeofday() function.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       The gettimeofday() function may be removed in a future version.

SEE ALSO

       clock_getres(), ctime()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <sys_time.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
       for Information  Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue  7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 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 .

       Any  typographical  or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced
       during  the  conversion  of  the  source  files  to  man  page  format.  To  report  such   errors,   see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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