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.TH CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE 3 "17 Jun 2014" libcurl libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE \- time value for conditional
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, long val);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long \fIval\fP as parameter. This should be the time counted as seconds
since 1 Jan 1970, and the time is used in a condition as specified with
\fICURLOPT_TIMECONDITION(3)\fP.
On systems with 32 bit 'long' variables (such as Windows), this option cannot
set dates beyond the year 2038. Consider \fICURLOPT_TIMEVALUE_LARGE(3)\fP
instead.
.SH DEFAULT
0
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP, FTP, RTSP, and FILE
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
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);
}
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Always
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION (3),
.BR CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE_LARGE (3)