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#include <sys/time.h>
int
gettimeofday(struct timeval *tp, struct timezone *tzp)
int
settimeofday(const struct timeval *tp, const struct timezone *tzp)
DESCRIPTION
Note: timezone is no longer used; this information is kept outside the
kernel.
The system's notion of the current Greenwich time and the current time
zone is obtained with the gettimeofday() call, and set with the
settimeofday() call. The time is expressed in seconds and microseconds
since midnight (0 hour), January 1, 1970. The resolution of the system
clock is hardware dependent, and the time may be updated continuously or
in ``ticks.'' If tp or tzp is NULL, the associated time information will
not be returned or set.
The structures pointed to by tp and tzp are defined in <sys/time.h> as:
struct timeval {
long tv_sec; /* seconds since Jan. 1, 1970 */
long tv_usec; /* and microseconds */
};
struct timezone {
int tz_minuteswest; /* of Greenwich */
int tz_dsttime; /* type of dst correction to apply */
};
The timezone structure indicates the local time zone (measured in minutes
of time westward from Greenwich), and a flag that, if nonzero, indicates
that Daylight Saving time applies locally during the appropriate part of
the year.
Only the super-user may set the time of day or time zone. If the system
securelevel is greater than 1 (see init(8)), the time may only be ad-
vanced. This limitation is imposed to prevent a malicious super-user
from setting arbitrary time stamps on files. The system time can still
be adjusted backwards using the adjtime(2) system call even when the sys-
tem is secure.
RETURN
A 0 return value indicates that the call succeeded. A -1 return value
indicates an error occurred, and in this case an error code is stored in-
to the global variable errno.
ERRORS
The following error codes may be set in errno:
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