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timespec

Time-specification structure

Synopsis:

#include <time.h>

struct timespec {
   time_t   tv_sec;
   long     tv_nsec;
}

Description:

The timespec structure specifies a time in seconds and nanoseconds. The members include:

tv_sec

The number of seconds. If specifying an absolute time, this member is the number of seconds since 1970.

tv_nsec

The number of nanoseconds.

Classification:

POSIX 1003.1

See also:

nsec2timespec(), timespec2nsec()