time_after32(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to time_after32(9) — that's the title, and this page is living in the Kernel API Manual. It's literally here to compare two 32-bit relative times, no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

time_after32 (a , b );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• a — the time which may be after b 💖
• b — the time which may be before a 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So time_after32(a, b) returns true if the time a is after time b. And time_before32(b, a) returns true if the time b is before time a. Cute, right? It's similar to time_after, but it compares two 32-bit timestamps for relative times.

This is the move when you're comparing 32-bit seconds values that can't be converted to 64-bit values — e.g. because of disk format or wire protocol issues — and you know that the times are less than 68 years apart. That's the whole vibe check: keep it 32-bit, keep it relative, and keep it under 68 years apart. ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./include/linux/time.h 📁
• time_between32(9) 💜

mwah 💋 this page is from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's signing off as time_after32(9) — periodt. 🎀