ChorusOS 5.0 Features and Architecture Overview

Time of Day (DATE)

The DATE feature maintains the time of day expressed in Universal Time, which is defined as the interval since 1st January 1970. Since the concept of local time is not supported directly by the operating system, time-zones and local seasonal adjustments must be handled by libraries outside the microkernel.

For details, see the DATE(5FEA) man page.

DATE API

The DATE API is summarized in the following table:

Function 

Description 

univTime()

Get time of day 

univTimeAdjust()

Adjust time of day 

univTimeGetRes()

Get time of day resolution 

univTimeSet()

Set time of day