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<tr><td width=20><td><b>TIME(3)</b><td align=right><b>TIME(3)</b>
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<p><font size=+1><b>NAME     </b></font><br>

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    time, nsec &ndash; time in seconds and nanoseconds since epoch<br>
    
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<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS     </b></font><br>

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    <tt><font size=+1>#include &lt;u.h&gt;<br>
    #include &lt;libc.h&gt; 
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    <tt><font size=+1>long time(long *tp)<br>
    
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    <tt><font size=+1>vlong nsec(void)<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION     </b></font><br>

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    Both <i>time</i> and <i>nsec</i> return the time since the epoch 00:00:00 GMT,
    Jan. 1, 1970. The return value of the former is in seconds and
    the latter in nanoseconds. For <i>time</i>, if <i>tp</i> is not zero then <tt><font size=+1>*</font></tt><i>tp</i>
    is also set to the answer.<br>
    
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<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE     </b></font><br>

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    <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/lib9/time.c<br>
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<p><font size=+1><b>DIAGNOSTICS     </b></font><br>

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    These functions set <i>errstr</i>.<br>
    
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<p><font size=+1><b>BUGS     </b></font><br>

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    To avoid name conflicts with the underlying system, <i>time</i> and <i>nsec</i>
    are preprocessor macros defined as <i>p9time</i> and <i>p9nsec</i>; see <a href="../man3/intro.html"><i>intro</i>(3)</a>.<br>
    
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