NAME¶

timegm, timelocal - inverses of gmtime and localtime

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <time.h>

time_t timelocal(struct tm *tm);

time_t timegm(struct tm *tm);

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

timelocal(), timegm(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION¶

The functions timelocal() and timegm() are the inverses of localtime(3) and gmtime(3).

CONFORMING TO¶

These functions are non-standard GNU extensions that are also present on the BSDs. Avoid their use; see NOTES.

NOTES¶

The timelocal() function is equivalent to the POSIX standard function mktime(3). There is no reason to ever use it.

For a portable version of timegm(), set the TZ environment variable to UTC, call mktime(3) and restore the value of TZ. Something like

#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
time_t
my_timegm(struct tm *tm)
{


    time_t ret;


    char *tz;


    tz = getenv("TZ");


    setenv("TZ", "", 1);


    tzset();


    ret = mktime(tm);


    if (tz)


        setenv("TZ", tz, 1);


    else


        unsetenv("TZ");


    tzset();


    return ret;
}

SEE ALSO¶

gmtime(3), localtime(3), mktime(3), tzset(3)

COLOPHON¶

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