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The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
Copyright © 2001-2008 The IEEE and The Open Group

NAME

difftime - compute the difference between two calendar time values

SYNOPSIS

#include <time.h>

double difftime(time_t time1, time_t time0);

DESCRIPTION

[CX] [Option Start] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard. [Option End]

The difftime() function shall compute the difference between two calendar times (as returned by time()): time1- time0.

RETURN VALUE

The difftime() function shall return the difference expressed in seconds as a type double.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

asctime , clock , ctime , gmtime , localtime , mktime , strftime , strptime , time , utime

XBD <time.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4. Derived from the ISO C standard.

End of informative text.

 

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