Name
gettimeofday
Synopsis
mixed gettimeofday([ bool return_float ])Returns an associative array containing information about the
current time, as obtained through gettimeofday(2). When return_float is set to true, a float is returned rather than an
array.
The array contains the following keys and values:
| The current number of seconds since the Unix epoch. |
| The current number of microseconds to add to the number of seconds. |
| The number of minutes west of Greenwich the current time zone is. |
| The type of Daylight Savings Time correction to apply (during the appropriate time of year, a positive number if the time zone observes Daylight Savings Time). |
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