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NAME
       gmtime, gmtime_r -- convert a time value to a broken-down UTC time
SYNOPSIS
       #include <time.h>
       struct tm *gmtime(const time_t *timer);
       struct tm *gmtime_r(const time_t *restrict timer,
           struct tm *restrict result);
DESCRIPTION
       For gmtime(): The functionality described on  this  reference  page  is
       aligned  with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements
       described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume  of
       POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard.
       The gmtime() function shall convert the time in seconds since the Epoch
       pointed to by timer into a broken-down time, expressed  as  Coordinated
       Universal Time (UTC).
       The  relationship  between a time in seconds since the Epoch used as an
       argument to gmtime() and the tm  structure  (defined  in  the  <time.h>
       header)  is  that  the  result  shall be as specified in the expression
       given in the definition of seconds since the Epoch (see the Base  Defi-
       nitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, Section 4.15, Seconds Since the Epoch),
       where the names in the structure and in the expression correspond.
       The same relationship shall apply for gmtime_r().
       The gmtime() function need not be thread-safe.
       The asctime(),  ctime(),  gmtime(),  and  localtime()  functions  shall
       return  values  in one of two static objects: a broken-down time struc-
       ture and an array of type char.  Execution of any of the functions  may
       overwrite the information returned in either of these objects by any of
       the other functions.
       The gmtime_r() function shall convert the time  in  seconds  since  the
       Epoch  pointed to by timer into a broken-down time expressed as Coordi-
       nated Universal Time (UTC).  The broken-down  time  is  stored  in  the
       structure  referred  to  by result.  The gmtime_r() function shall also
       return the address of the same structure.
RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful  completion,  the  gmtime()  function  shall  return  a
       pointer to a struct tm.  If an error is detected, gmtime() shall return
       a null pointer and set errno to indicate the error.
       Upon successful completion, gmtime_r() shall return the address of  the
       structure  pointed to by the argument result.  If an error is detected,
       gmtime_r() shall return a null pointer and set errno  to  indicate  the
       error.
ERRORS
       The gmtime() and gmtime_r() functions shall fail if:
       EOVERFLOW
              The result cannot be represented.
       The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
       None.
APPLICATION USAGE
       The  gmtime_r()  function  is thread-safe and returns values in a user-
       supplied buffer instead of possibly using a static data area  that  may
       be overwritten by each call.
RATIONALE
       None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.
SEE ALSO
       asctime(),  clock(),  ctime(), difftime(), localtime(), mktime(), strf-
       time(), strptime(), time(), utime()
       The Base Definitions volume  of  POSIX.1-2008,  Section  4.15,  Seconds
       Since the Epoch, <time.h>
COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri-
       cal  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc  and  The  Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group  Standard
       is  the  referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
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