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TIMESPEC_GET(3) Library Functions Manual TIMESPEC_GET(3) NAME timespec_get - get current calendar time LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <time.h> int timespec_get(struct timespec *ts, int base); DESCRIPTION The timespec_get function sets the interval pointed to by ts to hold the current calendar time based on the specified time base in base. The base TIME_UTC returns the time since the epoch. This time is expressed in seconds and nanoseconds since midnight (0 hour), January 1, 1970. In NetBSD, this corresponds to CLOCK_REALTIME. RETURN VALUES The timespec_get function returns the passed value of base if successful, otherwise 0 on failure. SEE ALSO clock_gettime(2), gettimeofday(2), time(3) STANDARDS The timespec_get function with a base of TIME_UTC conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:2011 ("ISO C11"). HISTORY This interface first appeared in NetBSD 8. AUTHORS Kamil Rytarowski <kamil@NetBSD.org> NetBSD 10.99 June 2, 2020 NetBSD 10.99