1DIFFTIME(3) Linux Programmer's Manual DIFFTIME(3)
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6 difftime - calculate time difference
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11 double difftime(time_t time1, time_t time0);
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14 The difftime() function returns the number of seconds elapsed between
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23 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
24 │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
25 ├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
26 │difftime() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
27 └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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36 #define difftime(t1,t0) (double)(t1 - t0)
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41 date(1), gettimeofday(2), time(2), ctime(3), gmtime(3), localtime(3)
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