xref: /openbsd-src/lib/libc/time/difftime.c (revision 3f56448e55c7291e472b8329d4adc9f24f811218)
1 /*
2 ** This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
3 ** 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson (arthur_david_olson@nih.gov).
4 */
5 
6 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint) && !defined(NOID)
7 static char elsieid[] = "@(#)difftime.c	7.18";
8 static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: difftime.c,v 1.7 2005/07/05 13:40:51 millert Exp $";
9 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
10 
11 /*LINTLIBRARY*/
12 
13 #include "private.h"	/* for time_t, TYPE_INTEGRAL, and TYPE_SIGNED */
14 
15 double
16 difftime(time1, time0)
17 const time_t	time1;
18 const time_t	time0;
19 {
20 	/*
21 	** If (sizeof (double) > sizeof (time_t)) simply convert and subtract
22 	** (assuming that the larger type has more precision).
23 	** This is the common real-world case circa 2004.
24 	*/
25 	if (sizeof (double) > sizeof (time_t))
26 		return (double) time1 - (double) time0;
27 	if (!TYPE_INTEGRAL(time_t)) {
28 		/*
29 		** time_t is floating.
30 		*/
31 		return time1 - time0;
32 	}
33 	if (!TYPE_SIGNED(time_t)) {
34 		/*
35 		** time_t is integral and unsigned.
36 		** The difference of two unsigned values can't overflow
37 		** if the minuend is greater than or equal to the subtrahend.
38 		*/
39 		if (time1 >= time0)
40 			return time1 - time0;
41 		else	return -((double) (time0 - time1));
42 	}
43 	/*
44 	** time_t is integral and signed.
45 	** Handle cases where both time1 and time0 have the same sign
46 	** (meaning that their difference cannot overflow).
47 	*/
48 	if ((time1 < 0) == (time0 < 0))
49 		return time1 - time0;
50 	/*
51 	** time1 and time0 have opposite signs.
52 	** Punt if unsigned long is too narrow.
53 	*/
54 	if (sizeof (unsigned long) < sizeof (time_t))
55 		return (double) time1 - (double) time0;
56 	/*
57 	** Stay calm...decent optimizers will eliminate the complexity below.
58 	*/
59 	if (time1 >= 0 /* && time0 < 0 */)
60 		return (unsigned long) time1 +
61 			(unsigned long) (-(time0 + 1)) + 1;
62 	return -(double) ((unsigned long) time0 +
63 		(unsigned long) (-(time1 + 1)) + 1);
64 }
65