From b732a73bc773789894466b0e5320b2f1fe42c7e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Denker Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:58:45 -0700 Subject: original, as downloaded from http://www.qmail.org/netqmail-1.06.tar.gz --- datetime.3 | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+) create mode 100644 datetime.3 (limited to 'datetime.3') diff --git a/datetime.3 b/datetime.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..33a623f --- /dev/null +++ b/datetime.3 @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +.TH datetime 3 +.SH NAME +datetime \- convert between TAI labels and seconds +.SH SYNTAX +.B #include + +void \fBdatetime_tai\fP(&\fIdt\fR,\fIt\fR); + +datetime_sec \fBdatetime_untai\fP(&\fIdt\fR); + +struct datetime \fIdt\fR; +.br +datetime_sec \fIt\fR; +.SH DESCRIPTION +International Atomic Time, TAI, +is the fundamental unit for time measurements. +TAI has one label for every second of real time, +without complications such as leap seconds. + +A +struct datetime +variable, +such as +.IR dt , +stores a TAI label. +.I dt\fB.year +is the year number minus 1900; +.I dt\fB.mon +is the month number, from 0 (January) through 11 (December); +.I dt\fB.mday +is the day of the month, from 1 through 31; +.I dt\fB.hour +is the hour, from 0 through 23; +.I dt\fB.min +is the minute, from 0 through 59; +.I dt\fB.sec +is the second, from 0 through 59; +.I dt\fB.wday +is the day of the week, from 0 (Sunday) through 6 (Saturday); +.I dt\fB.yday +is the day of the year, from 0 through 365. + +The +.B datetime +library supports more convenient TAI manipulation with +the datetime_sec type. +A datetime_sec value, such as +.IR t , +is an integer referring to the +.IR t th +second after the beginning of 1970 TAI. +The first second of 1970 TAI was 0; +the next second was 1; +the last second of 1969 TAI was -1. +The difference between two datetime_sec values is a number +of real-time seconds. + +.B datetime_tai +converts a datetime_sec to a TAI label. + +.B datetime_untai +reads a TAI label +(specifically +.IR dt\fB.year , +.IR dt\fB.mon , +.IR dt\fB.mday , +.IR dt\fB.hour , +.IR dt\fB.min , +and +.IR dt\fB.sec ) +and returns a datetime_sec. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +now(3) -- cgit v1.2.3