Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Name

systime

Synopsis

                  systime( )
               

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
                  }