DC_DATETIME_NOW(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to dc_datetime_now(3) from the Library Functions Manual ✨ the whole vibe is literally: return the current integral timestamp. that's it, that's the main character energy 🎀

📚 LIBRARY 📚

the library is “libdivecomputer” — yes, that one, libdivecomputer 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <libdivecomputer/datetime.h>

dc_ticks_t
dc_datetime_now();

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

you're getting the current system timestamp as an integral value — no fancy date object, just the number, periodt 🔥

the dc_datetime_now function may invoke libc's time(3), so don't be surprised if it slides into that, iykyk 👀

🎀 RETURN VALUES 🎀

this always returns the system time. no cap, always 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• dc_datetime_gmtime(3)
• dc_datetime_localtime(3)
• dc_datetime_mktime(3)

👑 AUTHORS 👑

• the library “libdivecomputer” library was written by Jef Driesen, jef@libdivecomputer.org 💖
• the manpages were written by Kristaps Dzonsons, kristaps@bsd.lv ✨

xoxo, Debian 💅 — January 11, 2017 — signing off as DC_DATETIME_NOW(3) 🎀✨