timeval(3type) timeval(3type) NAME timeval - time in seconds and microseconds LIBRARY Standard C library (libc) SYNOPSIS #include struct timeval { time_t tv_sec; /* Seconds */ suseconds_t tv_usec; /* Microseconds */ }; DESCRIPTION Describes times in seconds and microseconds. STANDARDS POSIX.1-2008. HISTORY POSIX.1-2001. NOTES The following headers also provide this type: , , and . 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 6.7 2023-10-31 timeval(3type)