CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE(3)

1CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE(3)       curl_easy_setopt options       CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE(3)
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NAME

6       CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE - set time value for conditional
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, long val);
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DESCRIPTION

14       Pass  a  long val as parameter. This should be the time counted as sec‐
15       onds since 1 Jan 1970, and the time will be  used  in  a  condition  as
16       specified with CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION(3).
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18       On  systems  with 32 bit 'long' variables, this option cannot set dates
19       beyond the year 2038. Consider CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE_LARGE(3) instead.
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DEFAULT

22       0
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PROTOCOLS

25       HTTP, FTP, RTSP, and FILE
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EXAMPLE

28       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
29       if(curl) {
30         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
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32         /* January 1, 2020 is 1577833200 */
33         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, 1577833200L);
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35         /* If-Modified-Since the above time stamp */
36         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION, CURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCE);
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38         /* Perform the request */
39         curl_easy_perform(curl);
40       }
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AVAILABILITY

43       Always
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RETURN VALUE

46       Returns CURLE_OK
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