time() get time in seconds (since the Epoch)	Function
	SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION PARAMETERS RETURN VALUES CONFORMANCE MULTITHREAD SAFETY LEVEL PORTING ISSUES AVAILABILITY SEE ALSO

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SYNOPSIS

#include <time.h>

time_t time(time_t *tloc);

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DESCRIPTION

The time() function returns the value of time in seconds since the Epoch (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970).

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PARAMETERS

tloc 

Points to an area where the return value is stored. If tloc is NULL, no value is stored. If tloc is nonzero, the return value is stored in the location that tloc points to.

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RETURN VALUES

If successful, time() returns the system time. If failed, it returns -1.

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CONFORMANCE

POSIX.1 (1996).

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MULTITHREAD SAFETY LEVEL

Async-signal-safe.

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PORTING ISSUES

None.

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AVAILABILITY

MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers
MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers
MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-Bit Edition

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SEE ALSO

Functions:

asctime(), asctime_r(), clock(), ctime(), ctime_r(), difftime(), gmtime(), gmtime_r(), localtime(), localtime_r(), mktime(), strftime()

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