timeval(3type)                                                  timeval(3type)

NAME
       timeval - time in seconds and microseconds

LIBRARY
       Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/time.h>

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

DESCRIPTION
       Describes times in seconds and microseconds.

STANDARDS
       POSIX.1-2024.

HISTORY
       SUSv1, POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES
       The following headers also provide this type: <sys/resource.h>,
       <sys/select.h>, and <utmpx.h>.

SEE ALSO
       gettimeofday(2), select(2), utimes(2), adjtime(3), futimes(3),
       timeradd(3), suseconds_t(3type), time_t(3type), timespec(3type)

Linux man-pages 6.19              2026-02-08                    timeval(3type)