@node gettimeofday
@section @code{gettimeofday}
@findex gettimeofday

POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/gettimeofday.html}

Gnulib module: gettimeofday

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
mingw.
@item
This function is declared with a nonstandard function prototype (only one
argument, or ``...'' after the first argument) on some platforms.
@item
On some platforms, @code{gettimeofday} clobbers the buffer in which
@code{localtime} returns its result:
MacOS X 10.0.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize