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+'\" t
+.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
+.\"
+.\" References consulted:
+.\" Linux libc source code
+.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991)
+.\" 386BSD man pages
+.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:48:17 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
+.TH difftime 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.SH NAME
+difftime \- calculate time difference
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <time.h>
+.P
+.BI "double difftime(time_t " time1 ", time_t " time0 );
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.BR difftime ()
+function returns the number of seconds elapsed
+between time \fItime1\fP and time \fItime0\fP, represented as a
+.IR double .
+Each time is a count of seconds.
+.P
+.I difftime(b,\~a)
+acts like
+.I (b\-a)
+except that the result does not overflow and is rounded to
+.IR double .
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbx lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface Attribute Value
+T{
+.na
+.nh
+.BR difftime ()
+T} Thread safety MT-Safe
+.TE
+.SH STANDARDS
+C11, POSIX.1-2008.
+.SH HISTORY
+POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR date (1),
+.BR gettimeofday (2),
+.BR time (2),
+.BR ctime (3),
+.BR gmtime (3),
+.BR localtime (3)