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6<refentry id="sd_journal_get_realtime_usec"
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9  <refentryinfo>
10    <title>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec</title>
11    <productname>systemd</productname>
12  </refentryinfo>
13
14  <refmeta>
15    <refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec</refentrytitle>
16    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
17  </refmeta>
18
19  <refnamediv>
20    <refname>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec</refname>
21    <refname>sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec</refname>
22    <refpurpose>Read timestamps from the current journal entry</refpurpose>
23  </refnamediv>
24
25  <refsynopsisdiv>
26    <funcsynopsis>
27      <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
28
29      <funcprototype>
30        <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec</function></funcdef>
31        <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
32        <paramdef>uint64_t *<parameter>usec</parameter></paramdef>
33      </funcprototype>
34
35      <funcprototype>
36        <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec</function></funcdef>
37        <paramdef>sd_journal *<parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
38        <paramdef>uint64_t *<parameter>usec</parameter></paramdef>
39        <paramdef>sd_id128_t *<parameter>boot_id</parameter></paramdef>
40      </funcprototype>
41
42    </funcsynopsis>
43  </refsynopsisdiv>
44
45  <refsect1>
46    <title>Description</title>
47
48    <para><function>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec()</function> gets the
49    realtime (wallclock) timestamp of the current journal entry. It
50    takes two arguments: the journal context object and a pointer to a
51    64-bit unsigned integer to store the timestamp in. The timestamp
52    is in microseconds since the epoch, i.e.
53    <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME</constant>.</para>
54
55    <para><function>sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec()</function> gets
56    the monotonic timestamp of the current journal entry. It takes
57    three arguments: the journal context object, a pointer to a 64-bit
58    unsigned integer to store the timestamp in, as well as a 128-bit
59    ID buffer to store the boot ID of the monotonic timestamp. The
60    timestamp is in microseconds since boot-up of the specific boot,
61    i.e. <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant>. Since the monotonic
62    clock begins new with every reboot, it only defines a well-defined
63    point in time when used together with an identifier identifying
64    the boot. See
65    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
66    for more information. If the boot ID parameter is passed
67    <constant>NULL</constant>, the function will fail if the monotonic
68    timestamp of the current entry is not of the current system
69    boot.</para>
70
71    <para>Note that these functions will not work before
72    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
73    (or related call) has been called at least
74    once, in order to position the read pointer at a valid entry.</para>
75  </refsect1>
76
77  <refsect1>
78    <title>Return Value</title>
79
80    <para><function>sd_journal_get_realtime_usec()</function> and
81    <function>sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec()</function> returns 0 on
82    success or a negative errno-style error code. If the boot ID
83    parameter was passed <constant>NULL</constant> and the monotonic
84    timestamp of the current journal entry is not of the current
85    system boot, <constant>-ESTALE</constant> is returned by
86    <function>sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec()</function>.</para>
87  </refsect1>
88
89  <refsect1>
90    <title>Notes</title>
91
92    <xi:include href="threads-aware.xml" xpointer="strict"/>
93
94    <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" xpointer="pkgconfig-text"/>
95  </refsect1>
96
97  <refsect1>
98    <title>See Also</title>
99
100    <para>
101      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
102      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
103      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
104      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
105      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
106      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
107      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>clock_gettime</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
108      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cutoff_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
109    </para>
110  </refsect1>
111
112</refentry>
113