From a2944602577f0c7186206c2e1821d21f4d5befcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giorgos Keramidas Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 15:27:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] The times(3) function returns the number of CLK_TCKs since the startup time of FreeBSD, not since the UNIX Epoch. PR: docs/122359 Submitted by: Viktor Štujber MFC after: 1 week --- lib/libc/gen/times.3 | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/times.3 b/lib/libc/gen/times.3 index 9775387afb6..a77c69f227a 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/times.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/times.3 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)times.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dd December 1, 2008 .Dt TIMES 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -52,9 +52,13 @@ The .Fn times function returns the value of time in .Dv CLK_TCK Ns 's -of a second since -0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal -Time. +of a second since the system startup time. +The current value of +.Dv CLK_TCK , +the frequency of the statistics clock in ticks per second, may be +obtained through the +.Xr sysconf 3 +interface. .Pp It also fills in the structure pointed to by .Fa tp @@ -131,6 +135,7 @@ and .Xr getrusage 2 , .Xr gettimeofday 2 , .Xr wait 2 , +.Xr sysconf 3 , .Xr clocks 7 .Sh STANDARDS The -- 2.45.2