SD_EVENT_NOW(3)

NAME
sd_event_now - Retrieve current event loop iteration timestamp

SYNOPSIS

#include <systemd/sd-event.h>

int sd_event_now(sd_event *event, clockid_t clock, uint64_t *usec);

DESCRIPTION

sd_event_now() returns the time when the most recent event loop iteration began. A timestamp is taken right after returning from the event sleep, and before dispatching any event sources. The event parameter specifies the event loop object to retrieve the timestamp from. The clock parameter specifies the clock to retrieve the timestamp for, and is one of CLOCK_REALTIME (or equivalently CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM), CLOCK_MONOTONIC, or CLOCK_BOOTTIME (or equivalently CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM), see clock_gettime(2) for more information on the various clocks. The retrieved timestamp is stored in the usec parameter, in µs since the clock's epoch. If this function is invoked before the first event loop iteration, the current time is returned, as reported by clock_gettime(). To distinguish this case from a regular invocation the return value will be positive, and zero when the returned timestamp refers to an actual event loop iteration.

RETURN VALUE

If the first event loop iteration has not run yet sd_event_now() writes current time to usec and returns a positive return value. Otherwise, it will write the requested timestamp to usec and return 0. On failure, the call returns a negative errno-style error code.

ERRORS

Returned values may indicate the following problems:

-EINVAL
    An invalid parameter was passed.

-EOPNOTSUPP
    Unsupported clock type.

-ECHILD
    The event loop object was created in a different process.

NOTES

These APIs are implemented as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the libsystemd pkg-config(1) file.

SEE ALSO

systemd(1), sd-event(3), sd_event_new(3), sd_event_add_time(3), clock_gettime(2)