boottime, time_second, time_uptime — system time variables
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Description
The boottime variable holds the system boot time.
The time_second variable is the system's “wall time” clock to the second.
The time_uptime variable is the number of seconds since boot.
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 elapse since boot more accurately and in an atomic manner. The
boottime variable may be read and written without special precautions.
Name
boottime, time_second, time_uptime — system time variables
See Also
clock_settime(2), ntp_adjtime(2), settimeofday(2), bintime(9), binuptime(9), getbintime(9), getbinuptime(9), getmicrotime(9), getmicrouptime(9), getnanotime(9), getnanouptime(9), microtime(9), microuptime(9), nanotime(9), nanouptime(9) Poul-Henning Kamp, “Timecounters: Efficient and precise timekeeping in SMP kernels”, ProceedingsofEuroBSDCon2002,Amsterdam, /usr/share/doc/papers/timecounter.ascii.gz. Marshall Kirk McKusick and George V. Neville-Neil, TheDesignandImplementationoftheFreeBSDOperatingSystem, Addison-Wesley, 57-61,65-66, July 2004. Debian September 17, 2004 TIME(9)
Synopsis
#include<sys/time.h>externstructtimevalboottime;
externtime_ttime_second;
externtime_ttime_uptime;
