ktime_get_boottime(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so you’re on the Kernel API Manual page for ktime_get_boottime(9) — the one that gets monotonic time since boot in ktime_t format. iconic. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ktime_t ktime_get_boottime (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. literally none, bestie, not a single one. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This one is similar to CLOCK_MONTONIC/ktime_get, but plot twist: it also includes the time spent in suspend. yes way. ✨

🌸 RETURN 🌸

Returns monotonic time since boot in ktime_t format. periodt. 💖

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

Kernel file ./include/linux/timekeeping.h, plus the whole friend group:

• ktime_get_real(9)
• ktime_get_clocktai(9)
• ktime_mono_to_real(9)
• ktime_get_ns(9)
• ktime_get_real_ns(9)
• ktime_get_boottime_ns(9)
• ktime_get_clocktai_ns(9)
• ktime_get_raw_ns(9)
• struct system_time_snapshot(9)
• struct system_counterval_t(9)
• struct system_device_crosststamp(9)

mwah 💋 source/version: ./include/linux · dated October 2026. that’s the whole page, bestie. 🎀