time_second(9)
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NAME
time_second, time_uptime, time_uptime32 -- system time variables
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/time.h>
extern const time_t time_second;
extern const time_t time_uptime;
extern const uint32_t time_uptime32;
DESCRIPTION
The time_second variable is the system's ``wall clock'', giving the num-
ber of seconds since midnight (0 hour), January 1, 1970, (proleptic) UTC,
minus the number of leap seconds. It is set at boot by inittodr(9), and
is updated periodically via timecounter(9) framework, and also updated by
the settimeofday(2) system call.
The time_uptime variable is a monotonically increasing system clock. It
is set at boot, and is updated periodically. (It is not updated by
settimeofday(2).)
The time_uptime32 variable is the low-order 32 bits of time_uptime, which
is cheaper to read on 32-bit platforms.
You must only read the variables time_second, time_uptime, and
time_uptime32; you may not write to them or take their addresses. They
may be implemented as macros.
The bintime(9), getbintime(9), microtime(9), getmicrotime(9),
nanotime(9), and getnanotime(9) functions can be used to get the current
time more accurately and in an atomic manner.
Similarly, the binuptime(9), getbinuptime(9), microuptime(9),
getmicrouptime(9), nanouptime(9), and getnanouptime(9) functions can be
used to get the time elapsed since boot more accurately and in an atomic
manner.
SEE ALSO
clock_settime(2), ntp_adjtime(2), timespec(3), hardclock(9), hz(9)
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