NAME¶

CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE - set time value for conditional

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, long val);

DESCRIPTION¶

Pass a long val as parameter. This should be the time counted as seconds since 1 Jan 1970, and the time will be used in a condition as specified with CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION(3).

On systems with 32 bit 'long' variables, this option cannot set dates beyond the year 2038. Consider CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE_LARGE(3) instead.

DEFAULT¶

0

PROTOCOLS¶

HTTP, FTP, RTSP, and FILE

EXAMPLE¶

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");


  /* January 1, 2020 is 1577833200 */


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, 1577833200L);


  /* If-Modified-Since the above time stamp */


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION, CURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCE);


  /* Perform the request */


  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY¶

Always

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO¶

CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION(3),