# std::time_t

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Defined in header `<ctime>` |  |
typedef /* unspecified */ time_t; |  |

Arithmetic type capable of representing times.

Although not defined, this is almost always an integral value holding the number of seconds (not counting leap seconds) since 00:00, Jan 1 1970 UTC, corresponding to POSIX time.

### See also

time | returns the current time of the system as time since epoch (function)
localtime | converts time since epoch to calendar time expressed as local time (function)
gmtime | converts time since epoch to calendar time expressed as Universal Coordinated Time (function)

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