xref: /netbsd-src/lib/libc/time/difftime.c (revision b1c86f5f087524e68db12794ee9c3e3da1ab17a0)
1 /*	$NetBSD: difftime.c,v 1.10 2009/12/31 22:49:16 mlelstv Exp $	*/
2 
3 /*
4 ** This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
5 ** 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson.
6 */
7 
8 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
9 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
10 #if 0
11 static char	elsieid[] = "@(#)difftime.c	8.1";
12 #else
13 __RCSID("$NetBSD: difftime.c,v 1.10 2009/12/31 22:49:16 mlelstv Exp $");
14 #endif
15 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
16 
17 /*LINTLIBRARY*/
18 
19 #include "private.h"	/* for time_t, TYPE_INTEGRAL, and TYPE_SIGNED */
20 
21 double
22 difftime(time1, time0)
23 const time_t	time1;
24 const time_t	time0;
25 {
26 	/*
27 	** If (sizeof (double) > sizeof (time_t)) simply convert and subtract
28 	** (assuming that the larger type has more precision).
29 	** This is the common real-world case circa 2004.
30 	*/
31 /* LINTED constant */
32 	if (sizeof (double) > sizeof (time_t))
33 		return (double) time1 - (double) time0;
34 /* LINTED constant */
35 	if (!TYPE_INTEGRAL(time_t)) {
36 		/*
37 		** time_t is floating.
38 		*/
39 		return time1 - time0;
40 	}
41 /* LINTED constant */
42 	if (!TYPE_SIGNED(time_t)) {
43 		/*
44 		** time_t is integral and unsigned.
45 		** The difference of two unsigned values can't overflow
46 		** if the minuend is greater than or equal to the subtrahend.
47 		*/
48 		if (time1 >= time0)
49 			return time1 - time0;
50 		else	return -((double) (time0 - time1));
51 	}
52 	/*
53 	** time_t is integral and signed.
54 	** Handle cases where both time1 and time0 have the same sign
55 	** (meaning that their difference cannot overflow).
56 	*/
57 	if ((time1 < 0) == (time0 < 0))
58 		return time1 - time0;
59 	/*
60 	** time1 and time0 have opposite signs.
61 	** Punt if unsigned long is too narrow.
62 	*/
63 /* CONSTCOND */
64 	if (sizeof (unsigned long) < sizeof (time_t))
65 		return (double) time1 - (double) time0;
66 	/*
67 	** Stay calm...decent optimizers will eliminate the complexity below.
68 	*/
69 	if (time1 >= 0 /* && time0 < 0 */)
70 		return (unsigned long) time1 +
71 			(unsigned long) (-(time0 + 1)) + 1;
72 	return -(double) ((unsigned long) time0 +
73 		(unsigned long) (-(time1 + 1)) + 1);
74 }
75