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14.Dd "Mar 25, 2016"
15.Dt TIMESPEC_GET 3C
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm timespec_get
19.Nd get time information
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.In time.h
22.Ft int
23.Fo timespec_get
24.Fa "struct timespec *ts"
25.Fa "int base"
26.Fc
27.Sh DESCRIPTION
28The
29.Fn timespec_get
30function provides access nanosecond resolution time.
31The meaning and source of time is defined by the
32.Fa base
33argument.
34The following values are defined for
35.Fa base :
36.Bl -tag -width Ds
37.It Sy TIME_UTC
38Obtain the current time of day from the realtime clock on the system.
39It represents the amount of time in second and nanoseconds since the Epoch.
40This is logically equivalent to calling
41.Xr clock_gettime 3C
42with
43.Sy CLOCK_REALTIME .
44.El
45.Pp
46For the definition of the
47.Sy timespec
48structure, see
49.Xr time.h 3HEAD .
50.Sh RETURN VALUES
51Upon successful completion, the
52.Fn timespec_get
53function returns the passed in value of
54.Fa base .
55Otherwise,
56.Sy 0
57is returned to represent an error.
58.Sh ERRORS
59Unlike other functions, the
60.Fn timespec_get
61function is not defined to set
62.Sy errno .
63However, the
64.Fn timespec_get
65function will fail if:
66.Bl -bullet -offset indent
67.It
68The value of
69.Fa base
70does not refer to a known time specification.
71.It
72There was an error obtaining the time for
73.Fa base .
74.El
75.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
76.Sy Standard
77.Sh MT-LEVEL
78.Sy MT-Safe
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr clock_gettime 3C ,
81.Xr time.h 3HEAD ,
82.Xr attributes 7
83