timespec
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| Defined in header <time.h>
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| struct timespec; |
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Structure holding an interval broken down into seconds and nanoseconds.
Member objects
time_t tv_sec
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whole seconds (valid values are >= 0) |
/* see below */ tv_nsec
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nanoseconds (valid values are [0, 999999999]) |
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The type of |
(until C23) |
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The type of |
(since C23) |
The declaration order of tv_sec and tv_nsec is unspecified. Implementation may add other members to struct timespec.
Notes
The type of tv_nsec is long long on some platforms, which is conforming only since C23.
Example
Run this code
#include <stdio.h> #include <time.h> #include <stdint.h> int main(void) { struct timespec ts; timespec_get(&ts, TIME_UTC); char buff[100]; strftime(buff, sizeof buff, "%D %T", gmtime(&ts.tv_sec)); printf("Current time: %s.%09ld UTC\n", buff, ts.tv_nsec); printf("Raw timespec.tv_sec: %jd\n", (intmax_t)ts.tv_sec); printf("Raw timespec.tv_nsec: %09ld\n", ts.tv_nsec); }
Possible output:
Current time: 04/04/24 14:45:17.885909786 UTC Raw timespec.tv_sec: 1712241917 Raw timespec.tv_nsec: 885909786
References
- C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018):
- 7.27.1/3 Components of time (p: 284)
- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
- 7.27.1/3 Components of time (p: 388)
See also
| (C11) |
returns the calendar time in seconds and nanoseconds based on a given time base (function) |
| calendar time type (struct) | |
| C++ documentation for timespec
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