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diff --git a/unix/os/doc/zgtime.hlp b/unix/os/doc/zgtime.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..37c45a49 --- /dev/null +++ b/unix/os/doc/zgtime.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +.help zgtime May84 "System Interface" +.ih +NAME +zgtime -- get clock and cpu times +.ih +SYNOPSIS +.nf +zgtime (clock_time, cpu_time) + +long clock_time # LST, long integer seconds +long cpu_time # cpu time consumed, milliseconds +.fi +.ih +DESCRIPTION +The \fBzgtime\fR primitive returns the local standard time (clock time) +in long integer seconds since midnight on January 1, 1980, and the +cpu time consumed by the calling process and all subproceses since process +creation in milliseconds. No allowance is made for time zones or daylight +savings time. +.ih +BUGS +When daylight savings time goes into effect there is a one hour interval +during which the time base is ambiguous. A different time base whould have +to be used for a distributed system spanning several time zones. +.ih +SEE ALSO +ztslee +.endhelp |