Time handling

Time handling — [DEPRECATED] Helper functions to convert between Epoch time and Mac (iPod) time

Functions

time_t itdb_time_get_mac_time ()
time_t itdb_time_mac_to_host ()
time_t itdb_time_host_to_mac ()

Description

The functions provide conversion between Epoch time and Mac (iPod) time.

These functions are now obsolete and should no longer be used, libgpod automatically converts to/from Epoch time and iPod time when writing/reading the iPod databases.

Functions

itdb_time_get_mac_time ()

time_t
itdb_time_get_mac_time (void);

itdb_time_get_mac_time is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

kept for compatibility with older code, directly use g_get_current_time() or time(NULL) instead

Gets the current time in a format appropriate for storing in the libgpod data structures

Returns

current time

itdb_time_mac_to_host ()

time_t
itdb_time_mac_to_host (time_t time);

itdb_time_mac_to_host is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

It's been kept for compatibility with older code, but this function is now a no-op

Converts a timestamp from libgpod format to host system timestamp.

Parameters

time

time expressed in libgpod format

  

Returns

timestamp for the host system

itdb_time_host_to_mac ()

time_t
itdb_time_host_to_mac (time_t time);

itdb_time_host_to_mac is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

It's been kept for compatibility with older code, but this function is now a no-op

Convert host system timestamp to libgpod format timestamp

Parameters

time

time expressed in host unit

  

Returns

a libgpod timestamp

Types and Values

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