NAME¶

timeval - time in seconds and microseconds

LIBRARY¶

Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <sys/time.h>

struct timeval {
    time_t       tv_sec;   /* Seconds */
    suseconds_t  tv_usec;  /* Microseconds */
};

DESCRIPTION¶

Describes times in seconds and microseconds.

STANDARDS¶

POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY¶

POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES¶

The following headers also provide this type: <sys/resource.h>, <sys/select.h>, and <utmpx.h>.

SEE ALSO¶

gettimeofday(2), select(2), utimes(2), adjtime(3), futimes(3), timeradd(3), suseconds_t(3type), time_t(3type), timespec(3type)