sysdeps/unix/time.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   3
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  18
  19 #include <time.h>
  20 #include <sys/time.h>
  21
  22
  23 /* Return the current time as a `time_t' and also put it in *T if T is
  24    not NULL.  Time is represented as seconds from Jan 1 00:00:00 1970.  */
  25 time_t
  26 time (t)
  27      time_t *t;
  28 {
  29   struct timeval tv;
  30   time_t result;
  31
  32   if (__gettimeofday (&tv, (struct timezone *) NULL))
  33     result = (time_t) -1;
  34   else
  35     result = (time_t) tv.tv_sec;
  36
  37   if (t != NULL)
  38     *t = result;
  39   return result;
  40 }