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timeval(3type)

time in seconds and microseconds

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Synopsis

#include <sys/time.h>
struct timeval {
    time_t       tv_sec;
   /* Seconds */
    suseconds_t  tv_usec;
  /* Microseconds */
};

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NAME

timeval - time in seconds and microseconds

Standard C library (libc)

bash

#include <sys/time.h>

bash

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

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>.