ntp_gettime

NTP_GETTIME(3)             Linux Programmer's Manual            NTP_GETTIME(3)

NAME
       ntp_gettime, ntp_gettimex  - get time parameters (NTP daemon interface)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/timex.h>

       int ntp_gettime(struct ntptimeval *ntv);

       int ntp_gettimex(struct ntptimeval *ntv);

DESCRIPTION
       Both  of  these APIs return information to the caller via the ntv argu-
       ment, a structure of the following type:

           struct ntptimeval {
               struct timeval time;        /* Current time */
               long int maxerror;          /* Maximum error */
               long int esterror;          /* Estimated error */
               long int tai;               /* TAI offset */

               /* Further padding bytes allowing for future expansion */
           };

       The fields of this structure are as follows:

       time   The current time, expressed as a timeval structure:

                  struct timeval {
                      time_t      tv_sec;   /* Seconds since the Epoch */
                      suseconds_t tv_usec;  /* Microseconds */
                  };

       maxerror
              Maximum error, in microseconds.  This value can  be  initialized
              by ntp_adjtime(3), and is increased periodically (on Linux: each
              second), but is clamped to an upper limit (the  kernel  constant
              NTP_PHASE_MAX, with a value of 16,000).

       esterror
              Estimated  error,  in  microseconds.   This value can be set via
              ntp_adjtime(3) to contain an estimate of the difference  between
              the  system clock and the true time.  This value is not used in-
              side the kernel.

       tai    TAI (Atomic International Time) offset.

       ntp_gettime() returns an ntptimeval structure in which the time, maxer-
       ror, and esterror fields are filled in.

       ntp_gettimex()  performs  the  same task as ntp_gettime(), but also re-
       turns information in the tai field.

RETURN VALUE
       The return values for ntp_gettime() and ntp_gettimex() are as for  adj-
       timex(2).   Given  a  correct  pointer argument, these functions always
       succeed.

VERSIONS
       The ntp_gettime() function is available since glibc 2.1.  The  ntp_get-
       timex() function is available since glibc 2.12.

ATTRIBUTES
       For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see at-
       tributes(7).

       +-------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface                      | Attribute     | Value   |
       +-------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |ntp_gettime(), ntp_gettimex()  | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +-------------------------------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
       ntp_gettime() is described in the NTP Kernel Application Program Inter-
       face.  ntp_gettimex() is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO
       adjtimex(2) ntp_adjtime(3), time(7)

       NTP "Kernel Application Program Interface"
       <http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/unix/package/rtems/src/ssrlApps/
       ntpNanoclock/api.htm>

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Linux                             2017-09-15                    NTP_GETTIME(3)