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).

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

CONFORMING TO

These functions are nonstandard 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");

    if (tz)

        tz = strdup(tz);

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

    tzset();

    ret = mktime(tm);

    if (tz) {

        setenv("TZ", tz, 1);

        free(tz);

    } else

        unsetenv("TZ");

    tzset();

    return ret;
}

SEE ALSO

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

COLOPHON

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