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9.5 `gmtime'--convert time to UTC traditional form
SYNOPSIS
#include <time.h>
struct tm *gmtime(const time_t *CLOCK);
struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *CLOCK, struct tm *RES);
DESCRIPTION
`gmtime' takes the time at CLOCK representing the number of elapsed
seconds since 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970, Universal Coordinated Time
(UTC, also known in some countries as GMT, Greenwich Mean time) and
converts it to a `struct tm' representation.
`gmtime' constructs the traditional time representation in static
storage; each call to `gmtime' or `localtime' will overwrite the infor‐
mation generated by previous calls to either function.
RETURNS
A pointer to the traditional time representation (`struct tm').
PORTABILITY
ANSI C requires `gmtime'.
`gmtime' requires no supporting OS subroutines.
SEE ALSOgmtime is part of the library. The full documentation for is main‐
tained as a Texinfo manual. If info and are properly installed at your
site, the command
info
will give you access to the complete manual.
NEWLIB April 2010 GMTIME(3)
