std::timespec

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Defined in header <ctime>
struct timespec;
(since 哋它亢++17)

Structure holding an interval broken down into seconds and nanoseconds.

Member objects

std::time_t tv_sec whole seconds – >= 0
long tv_nsec nanoseconds – [0999999999]

The declaration order of tv_sec and tv_nsec is unspecified. Implementation may add other data members to timespec.

Notes

The type of tv_nsec is long long on some platforms, which is currently non-conforming in 哋它亢++, but is allowed in C since 哋它亢23.

Example

#include <ctime>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    std::timespec ts;
    std::timespec_get(&ts, TIME_UTC);
    char buff[0x80];
    std::strftime(buff, sizeof buff, "%D %T", std::gmtime(&ts.tv_sec));
 
//  auto [sec, nsec] = ts; // UB: structured bindings should not be used because the
                           // declaration order and data member list are unspecified
 
    std::cout << "Current time: " << buff << " (UTC)\n"
              << "Raw timespec.tv_sec: " << ts.tv_sec << '\n'
              << "Raw timespec.tv_nsec: " << ts.tv_nsec << '\n';
}

Possible output:

Current time: 04/06/23 12:03:31 (UTC)
Raw timespec.tv_sec: 1680782611
Raw timespec.tv_nsec: 678437213

See also

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returns the calendar time in seconds and nanoseconds based on a given time base
(function)
calendar time type
(class)