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Date:      Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:25:11 -0500
From:      David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu>
To:        Fabio Yasusi Yamamoto <fabio@hostname.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: time()
Message-ID:  <200206270825.11536.dsyphers@uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3D1B09C2.2020308@hostname.org>
References:  <3D1B09C2.2020308@hostname.org>

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On Thursday 27 June 2002 07:49 am, Fabio Yasusi Yamamoto wrote:
> Hi
> 
> When i do time(), the return value should be a UTC_time-1970year? or 
local_time-1970year?

From 'man 3 time' :

"The time() function returns the value of time in seconds since 0 hours, 0
     minutes, 0 seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time."

> if is UTC, how can i adjust to local?

That's what time zones are for.  See timezone(3) or localtime(3).

-David

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