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diff --git a/lib/libsys/gettimeofday.2 b/lib/libsys/gettimeofday.2 index 5b867aaad33c..cfba97149199 100644 --- a/lib/libsys/gettimeofday.2 +++ b/lib/libsys/gettimeofday.2 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd May 13, 2021 +.Dd April 24, 2024 .Dt GETTIMEOFDAY 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ .Ft int .Fn settimeofday "const struct timeval *tp" "const struct timezone *tzp" .Sh DESCRIPTION +.Em Note : +The +.Nm gettimeofday +function +.Po but not +.Nm settimeofday Pc +is obsolescent. +See the +.Sx STANDARDS +section for more details. +.Pp The system's notion of the current Greenwich time and the current time zone is obtained with the .Fn gettimeofday @@ -121,6 +132,18 @@ A user other than the super-user attempted to set the time. .Xr ctime 3 , .Xr timeradd 3 , .Xr clocks 7 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm gettimeofday +function is considered obsolescent and its usage discouraged by +.\" XXX: This should be replaced in the future when an appropriate argument to +.\" the St macro is available: -p1003.1-2017 +.No IEEE Std 1003.1-2008, 2017 Edition (\\(LqPOSIX.1\\(Rq) . +Application should use the +.Xr clock_gettime 2 +function instead as +.Nm gettimeofday +might be removed in the future. .Sh HISTORY The .Fn gettimeofday |