ktime_get_clocktai(9)

🌸 ktime_get_clocktai(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💅

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel, it's giving "I need the actual, no-drama time of day" energy, and this little function is right there for you. TAI time, handed to you in ktime_t format. iconic behavior honestly 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ktime_get_clocktai — Get the TAI time of day in ktime_t format 💖

like. that's the whole vibe. it gets you the TAI time of day, and it gives it to you in ktime_t format. no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ktime_t ktime_get_clocktai (void );

that's it. that's the whole call. short, sweet, slaying ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. none. zero. the void is void-ing 🙈 literally nothing to pass in, bestie, so don't stress about what to put in the parentheses

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👑 RETURN 👑

the TAI time of day, in ktime_t format. that's the good stuff ⭐ that's what you came for. it's giving "here's your timestamp, mwah" 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./include/linux/timekeeping.h — the homeland, the source of truth, the main character 💜

and the whole timekeeping friend group, no one left out:

• ktime_get_real(9)
• ktime_get_boottime(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)

go read those too, fr fr, they're all doing related time things and you will need them at some point 🕰️

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ngl the whole timekeeping squad is worth a scroll. go treat yourself 🍓

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and that's the page!! 🧚 from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, this was ktime_get_clocktai(9) — mwah, bye bestie, go get that TAI time 🔥💖