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.\"	@(#)time.3f	6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
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.TH TIME 3F "May 15, 1985"
.UC 5
.SH NAME
time, ctime, ltime, gmtime \- return system time
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B integer function time()
.sp 1
.B character*(*) function ctime (stime)
.br
.B integer stime
.sp 1
.B subroutine ltime (stime, tarray)
.br
.B integer stime, tarray(9)
.sp 1
.B subroutine gmtime (stime, tarray)
.br
.B integer stime, tarray(9)
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Time
returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970, measured in seconds.
This is the value of the UNIX system clock.
.PP
.I Ctime
converts a system time to a 24 character ASCII string.
The format is described under
.IR ctime (3).
No 'newline' or NULL will be included.
.PP
.I Ltime
and
.I gmtime
disect a UNIX time into month, day, etc., either for the local time zone
or as GMT.
The order and meaning of each element returned in
.I tarray
is described under
.IR ctime (3).
.SH FILES
.ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
.el /usr/lib/libU77.a
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ctime(3), itime(3F), idate(3F), fdate(3F)

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