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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 | Source

86400 nominal seconds in every day

type POSIXTime = NominalDiffTime | Source

POSIX time is the nominal time since 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC To convert from a `CTime` or `EpochTime`, use `realToFrac`.

posixSecondsToUTCTime :: POSIXTime -> UTCTime | Source

utcTimeToPOSIXSeconds :: UTCTime -> POSIXTime | Source

getPOSIXTime :: IO POSIXTime | Source

Get the current POSIX time from the system clock.
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