DIFFTIME(3C) Standard C Library Functions DIFFTIME(3C)

difftime - computes the difference between two calendar times

#include <time.h>
double difftime(time_t time1, time_t time0);

The difftime() function computes the difference between two calendar times.

The difftime() functions returns the difference (time1-time0) expressed in seconds as a double.

The difftime() function is provided because there are no general arithmetic properties defined for type time_t.

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Standard
MT-Level MT-Safe

ctime(3C), attributes(7), standards(7)

July 24, 2002 OmniOS