time()                   Get Current System Time as Long Integer
 
 #include   <time.h>                     Required for declarations only
 
 long       time(timeptr);
 long       *timeptr;                    Storage location for time
 
    time() returns the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00
    Greenwich mean time, January 1, 1970.  That value is stored in a
    location pointed to by 'timeptr'.  If 'timeptr' is NULL, the return
    value is not stored.
 
    Returns:    The time elapsed in seconds.  There is no error return.
 
  -------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------
 
    The following statements get and print the elapsed time in seconds.
 
         #include <time.h>
         #include <stdio.h>
 
         long elapstime;
 
         main()
         {
             time(&elapstime);
             printf("Number of seconds since 1-1-70: %ld \n",elapstime);
         }

Seealso:


 asctime() 
 gmtime() 
 localtime()