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FTIME(3)                 BSD Library Functions Manual                 FTIME(3)

NAME
     ftime -- get date and time

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/timeb.h>

     int
     ftime(struct timeb *tp);

DESCRIPTION
     This interface is obsoleted by gettimeofday(2).

     The ftime() routine fills in a structure pointed to by its argument, as defined by <sys/timeb.h>:

           /*
            * Structure returned by ftime system call
            */
           struct timeb
           {
                     time_t  time;
                     unsigned short millitm;
                     short   timezone;
                     short   dstflag;
           };

     The structure contains the time since the epoch, in seconds; up to 1000 milliseconds of more-precise
     interval; 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.

LEGACY SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/timeb.h>

     The include file <sys/types.h> is necessary.

SEE ALSO
     gettimeofday(2), settimeofday(2), ctime(3), time(3), compat(5)

HISTORY
     The ftime function appeared in 4.2BSD.

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD