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33.Dd June 7, 2010
34.Dt TIMERADD 3
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm timeradd
38.Nd operations on time structure
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In sys/time.h
41.Ft void
42.Fn timeradd "struct timeval *a" "struct timeval *b" "struct timeval *res"
43.Ft void
44.Fn timersub "struct timeval *a" "struct timeval *b" "struct timeval *res"
45.Ft void
46.Fn timerclear "struct timeval *tv"
47.Ft int
48.Fn timerisset "struct timeval *tv"
49.Ft int
50.Fn timercmp "struct timeval *a" "struct timeval *b" CMP
51.Ft void
52.Fn timespecadd "struct timespec *a" \
53"struct timespec *b" "struct timespec *res"
54.Ft void
55.Fn timespecsub "struct timespec *a" \
56"struct timespec *b" "struct timespec *res"
57.Ft void
58.Fn timespecclear "struct timespec *ts"
59.Ft int
60.Fn timespecisset "struct timespec *ts"
61.Ft int
62.Fn timespeccmp "const struct timespec *a" "const struct timespec *b" CMP
63.Sh DESCRIPTION
64These macros are provided for manipulating the
65.Fa timeval
66and
67.Fa timespec
68structures described in
69.Xr timeval 3 .
70.Pp
71The
72.Fn timeradd
73and
74.Fn timespecadd
75macros add the time information stored in
76.Fa a
77to
78.Fa b ,
79storing the result in
80.Fa res .
81With
82.Fn timeradd
83the results are simplified such that the value of
84.Fa res->tv_usec
85is always less than 1,000,000 (1 second).
86With
87.Fn timespecadd
88the
89.Fa res->tv_nsec
90member of
91.Fa struct timespec
92is always less than 1,000,000,000.
93.Pp
94The
95.Fn timersub
96and
97.Fn timespecsub
98macros subtract the time information stored in
99.Fa b
100from
101.Fa a
102and store the resulting structure
103in
104.Fa res .
105.Pp
106The
107.Fn timerclear
108and
109.Fn timespecclear
110macros initialize the structures
111to midnight (0 hour) January 1st, 1970 (the Epoch).
112In other words, they set the members of the structure to zero.
113.Pp
114The
115.Fn timerisset
116and
117.Fn timespecisset
118macros return true if the input structure
119is set to any time value other than the Epoch.
120.Pp
121The
122.Fn timercmp
123and
124.Fn timespeccmp
125macros compare
126.Fa a
127to
128.Fa b
129using the comparison operator given in
130.Fa CMP .
131The result of the comparison is returned.
132.Sh SEE ALSO
133.Xr timeval 3
134.Sh HISTORY
135The
136.Fn timeradd
137family of macros first appeared in
138.Nx 1.1 .
139These were later ported to
140.Fx 2.2.6 .
141The
142.Fn timespec
143family of macros first appeared in
144.Nx 1.2 .
145