time Function

Calculates the current calendar time.

Include

<time.h>

Prototype

time_t time(time_t * tod);

Argument

tod	pointer to storage location for time

Return Value

Returns the calendar time encoded as a value of time_t.

Remarks

If the target environment cannot determine the time, the function returns -1 cast as a time_t. By default, the compiler returns the time as instruction cycles.

When using XC16, this function uses the device Timer2 and Timer3 to compute the current time.

Example

See the notes at the beginning of this chapter or section for information on using printf() or scanf() (and other functions reading and writing the stdin or stdout streams) in the example code.

Copy#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>

volatile int i;

int main(void)
{
  time_t ticks;

  time(0); /* start time */
  for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) /* waste time */
    continue;
  time(&ticks); /* get time */
  printf("Time = %ld\n", ticks);
}

Example Output

CopyTime = 256