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CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE (3)

Name

CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE - time value for conditional

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, long val);

Description

CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE(3)       curl_easy_setopt options       CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE(3)



NAME
       CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE - time value for conditional

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, long val);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass  a  long val as parameter. This should be the time counted as sec-
       onds since 1 Jan 1970, and the time will be  used  in  a  condition  as
       specified with CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION(3).

       On  systems  with 32 bit 'long' variables, this option cannot set dates
       beyond the year 2038. Consider CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE_LARGE(3) instead.

DEFAULT
       0

PROTOCOLS
       HTTP, FTP, RTSP, and FILE

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

         /* January 1, 2020 is 1577833200 */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, 1577833200L);

         /* If-Modified-Since the above time stamp */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION, CURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCE);

         /* Perform the request */
         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Always

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | web/curl         |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION(3),



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source      was      downloaded       from        https://curl.se/down-
       load/curl-7.83.1.tar.bz2.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://curl.haxx.se/.



libcurl 7.83.1                 November 26, 2021          CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE(3)