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fe0fefbf | 25 | .TH TIMEGM 3 2015-03-02 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
fea681da | 26 | .SH NAME |
02011a43 | 27 | timegm, timelocal \- inverses of gmtime and localtime |
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28 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
29 | .nf | |
30 | .B #include <time.h> | |
31 | .sp | |
b9f02710 | 32 | .BI "time_t timelocal(struct tm *" tm ); |
fea681da | 33 | .sp |
b9f02710 | 34 | .BI "time_t timegm(struct tm *" tm ); |
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35 | .sp |
36 | .fi | |
37 | .in -4n | |
38 | Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see | |
39 | .BR feature_test_macros (7)): | |
40 | .in | |
41 | .sp | |
42 | .BR timelocal (), | |
43 | .BR timegm (): | |
44 | _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE | |
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45 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
46 | The functions | |
63aa9df0 | 47 | .BR timelocal () |
fea681da | 48 | and |
63aa9df0 | 49 | .BR timegm () |
02011a43 | 50 | are the inverses of |
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51 | .BR localtime (3) |
52 | and | |
53 | .BR gmtime (3). | |
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54 | .SH ATTRIBUTES |
55 | For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see | |
56 | .BR attributes (7). | |
57 | .TS | |
58 | allbox; | |
59 | lbw21 lb lb | |
60 | l l l. | |
61 | Interface Attribute Value | |
62 | T{ | |
63 | .BR timelocal (), | |
64 | .BR timegm () | |
65 | T} Thread safety MT-Safe env locale | |
66 | .TE | |
47297adb | 67 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
c8f2dd47 | 68 | These functions are nonstandard GNU extensions |
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69 | that are also present on the BSDs. |
70 | Avoid their use; see NOTES. | |
fea681da | 71 | .SH NOTES |
fea681da | 72 | The |
63aa9df0 | 73 | .BR timelocal () |
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74 | function is equivalent to the POSIX standard function |
75 | .BR mktime (3). | |
76 | There is no reason to ever use it. | |
77 | .LP | |
78 | For a portable version of | |
63aa9df0 | 79 | .BR timegm (), |
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80 | set the |
81 | .B TZ | |
82 | environment variable to UTC, call | |
fb186734 | 83 | .BR mktime (3) |
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84 | and restore the value of |
85 | .BR TZ . | |
86 | Something like | |
87 | ||
a6e2f128 | 88 | .in +4n |
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89 | .nf |
90 | #include <time.h> | |
91 | #include <stdlib.h> | |
92 | ||
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93 | time_t |
94 | my_timegm(struct tm *tm) | |
41798314 | 95 | { |
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96 | time_t ret; |
97 | char *tz; | |
98 | ||
99 | tz = getenv("TZ"); | |
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100 | if (tz) |
101 | tz = strdup(tz); | |
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102 | setenv("TZ", "", 1); |
103 | tzset(); | |
104 | ret = mktime(tm); | |
00a9a899 | 105 | if (tz) { |
fea681da | 106 | setenv("TZ", tz, 1); |
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107 | free(tz); |
108 | } else | |
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109 | unsetenv("TZ"); |
110 | tzset(); | |
111 | return ret; | |
112 | } | |
113 | .fi | |
a6e2f128 | 114 | .in |
47297adb | 115 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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116 | .BR gmtime (3), |
117 | .BR localtime (3), | |
118 | .BR mktime (3), | |
119 | .BR tzset (3) |