Section 3 · Library functions

timeval.3type

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timeval

NAME
LIBRARY
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
STANDARDS
HISTORY
NOTES
SEE ALSO


NAME

timeval − time in seconds and microseconds

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/time.h>

struct timeval {
time_t tv_sec;
/* Seconds */ **
suseconds_t tv_usec;** /* Microseconds */ **
};**

DESCRIPTION

Describes times in seconds and microseconds.

STANDARDS

POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES

The following headers also provide this type: <sys/resource.h>, <sys/select.h>, and <utmpx.h>.

SEE ALSO

gettimeofday(2), select(2), utimes(2), adjtime(3), futimes(3), timeradd(3), suseconds_t(3type), time_t(3type), timespec(3type)