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30 .\" @(#)gettimeofday.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 5/26/95
38 .Nd get/set date and time
44 .Fn gettimeofday "struct timeval * restrict tp" "void * restrict tzp"
46 .Fn settimeofday "const struct timeval * restrict tp" "const void * restrict tzp"
49 Note: time zone information is no longer provided by this interface.
52 for information on how to retrieve it.
55 The system's notion of the current UTC time is obtained with the
57 call, and set with the
60 The time is expressed in seconds and microseconds
61 since midnight (0 hour), January 1, 1970.
62 The resolution of the system clock is hardware dependent,
63 and the time may be updated continuously or in
68 is NULL, the time will not be returned or set.
69 Despite being declared
71 the objects pointed to by
76 The structures pointed to by
82 The first one is described in
84 and the latter legacy structure is defined as:
85 .Bd -literal -offset indent
87 int tz_minuteswest; /* of Greenwich */
88 int tz_dsttime; /* type of dst correction to apply */
94 structure is provided only for source compatibility.
99 will always return zeroes.
101 If the calling user is not the super-user, then the
103 function in the standard C library will try to use the
105 device if present, thus making possible for non privileged users to
109 is not present or not accessible, then
113 system call, which is restricted to the super user.
114 .\" XXX uncomment when/if this is put into place!
115 .\" If the system is running in secure mode (see
117 .\" the time may only be advanced.
118 .\" This limitation is imposed to prevent a malicious super user
119 .\" from setting arbitrary time stamps on files.
120 .\" The system time can still be adjusted backwards using the
122 .\" system call even when the system is secure.
124 A return value 0 indicates that the call succeeded.
125 A return value \-1 indicates an error occurred, and in this
126 case an error code is stored into the global variable
129 The following error codes may be set in
133 An argument address referenced invalid memory.
135 A user other than the super user attempted to set the time, or the specified
136 time was less than the current time, which was not permitted at the current
149 function call appeared in
153 argument was deprecated in
155 (and many other systems).