time-1.2.0.3: A time library

Data.Time.Clock.POSIX

Description

POSIX time, if you need to deal with timestamps and the like. Most people won't need this module.

Synopsis

- posixDayLength :: NominalDiffTime
- type POSIXTime = NominalDiffTime
- posixSecondsToUTCTime :: POSIXTime -> UTCTime
- utcTimeToPOSIXSeconds :: UTCTime -> POSIXTime
- getPOSIXTime :: IO POSIXTime

# Documentation

posixDayLength :: NominalDiffTime

86400 nominal seconds in every day

type POSIXTime = NominalDiffTime

POSIX time is the nominal time since 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC

To convert from a `Foreign.C.CTime` or `System.Posix.EpochTime`, use `realToFrac`.

posixSecondsToUTCTime :: POSIXTime -> UTCTime

utcTimeToPOSIXSeconds :: UTCTime -> POSIXTime

getPOSIXTime :: IO POSIXTime

Get the current POSIX time from the system clock.