compiler/clib/time.c

   1 /*
   2     Copyright © 1995-2001, The AROS Development Team. All rights reserved.
   3     $Id$
   4
   5     Return the current time in seconds.
   6 */
   7
   8 #include <sys/time.h>
   9
  10 /*****************************************************************************
  11
  12     NAME */
  13 #include <time.h>
  14
  15         time_t time (
  16
  17 /*  SYNOPSIS */
  18         time_t * tloc)
  19
  20 /*  FUNCTION
  21        time() returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970,
  22        measured in seconds.
  23
  24     INPUTS
  25         tloc - If this pointer is non-NULL, then the time is written into
  26                 this variable as well.
  27
  28     RESULT
  29         The number of seconds.
  30
  31     NOTES
  32         This function must not be used in a shared library or
  33         in a threaded application.
  34
  35     EXAMPLE
  36         time_t tt1, tt2;
  37
  38         // tt1 and tt2 are the same
  39         tt1 = time (&tt2);
  40
  41         // This is valid, too
  42         tt1 = time (NULL);
  43
  44     BUGS
  45
  46     SEE ALSO
  47         ctime(), asctime(), localtime()
  48
  49     INTERNALS
  50
  51 ******************************************************************************/
  52 {
  53     struct timeval tv;
  54     gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
  55     if (tloc)
  56         *tloc = tv.tv_sec;
  57     return tv.tv_sec;
  58 } /* time */
  59