time-1.4.0.1: A time library

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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.

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posixDayLength :: NominalDiffTimeSource

86400 nominal seconds in every day

type POSIXTime = NominalDiffTimeSource

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

To convert from a CTime or EpochTime, use realToFrac.

getPOSIXTime :: IO POSIXTimeSource

Get the current POSIX time from the system clock.