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23 .TH CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE 3 "January 25, 2018" "libcurl 7.59.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
26 CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE \- set time value for conditional
28 #include <curl/curl.h>
30 CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, long val);
32 Pass a long \fIval\fP as parameter. This should be the time counted as seconds
33 since 1 Jan 1970, and the time will be used in a condition as specified with
34 \fICURLOPT_TIMECONDITION(3)\fP.
36 On systems with 32 bit 'long' variables, this option cannot set dates beyond
37 the year 2038. Consider \fICURLOPT_TIMEVALUE_LARGE(3)\fP instead.
41 HTTP, FTP, RTSP, and FILE
44 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
46 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
48 /* January 1, 2020 is 1577833200 */
49 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, 1577833200L);
51 /* If-Modified-Since the above time stamp */
52 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION, CURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCE);
54 /* Perform the request */
55 curl_easy_perform(curl);
63 .BR CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION "(3), "