Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition

Name

systime

Synopsis

systime()

Description

Return number of seconds since midnight UTC, January 1, 1970.

Example

Log the start and end times of a data-processing program:

BEGIN {
        now = systime()
        mesg = strftime("Started at %m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S", now)
        print mesg
}
process data ...
END {
        now = systime()
        mesg = strftime("Ended at %m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S", now)
        print mesg
}