NAME |LIBRARY |SYNOPSIS |DESCRIPTION |STANDARDS |HISTORY |NOTES |SEE ALSO |COLOPHON | |
timeval(3type)timeval(3type)timeval - time in seconds and microseconds
Standard C library (libc)
#include <sys/time.h>struct timeval {time_t tv_sec;/* Seconds */suseconds_t tv_usec;/* Microseconds */};Describes times in seconds and microseconds.
POSIX.1-2008.
POSIX.1-2001.
The following headers also provide this type:<sys/resource.h>,<sys/select.h>, and<utmpx.h>.
gettimeofday(2),select(2),utimes(2),adjtime(3),futimes(3),timeradd(3),suseconds_t(3type),time_t(3type),timespec(3type)
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