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Name

difftime - computes the difference between two calendar times

Synopsis

#include <time.h>

double difftime(time_t time1, time_t time0);

MT-Level

MT-Safe

Description

difftime() computes the difference between two calendar times. difftime() returns the difference (time1-time0) expressed in seconds as a double. This function is provided because there are no general arithmetic properties defined for type time_t.

See Also

ctime(3C)


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