DIFFTIME(3P) |
POSIX Programmer's Manual |
DIFFTIME(3P) |
PROLOG
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NAME
difftime - compute the difference between two calendar time values
SYNOPSIS
#include <time.h>
double difftime(time_t
time1
, time_t
time0
);
DESCRIPTION
The
difftime() function shall compute the difference between two calendar times (as returned by
time()):
time1-
time0.
RETURN VALUE
The
difftime() function shall return the difference expressed in seconds as a type
double.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
asctime(),
clock(),
ctime(),
gmtime(),
localtime(),
mktime(),
strftime(),
strptime(),
time(),
utime(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
<time.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .