    {-# LINE 1 "libraries/unix/./System/Posix/Time.hsc" #-}
    {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-}
    {-# LINE 2 "libraries/unix/./System/Posix/Time.hsc" #-}
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- |
    -- Module      :  System.Posix.Time
    -- Copyright   :  (c) The University of Glasgow 2002
    -- License     :  BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
    --
    -- Maintainer  :  libraries@haskell.org
    -- Stability   :  provisional
    -- Portability :  non-portable (requires POSIX)
    --
    -- POSIX Time support
    --
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    module System.Posix.Time (
    	epochTime,
    	-- ToDo: lots more from sys/time.h
    	-- how much already supported by System.Time?
      ) where

    {-# LINE 23 "libraries/unix/./System/Posix/Time.hsc" #-}

    import System.Posix.Types
    import Foreign
    import Foreign.C

    -- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- epochTime

    -- | @epochTime@ calls @time@ to obtain the number of
    --   seconds that have elapsed since the epoch (Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1970).
    epochTime :: IO EpochTime
    epochTime = throwErrnoIfMinus1 "epochTime" (c_time nullPtr)

    foreign import ccall unsafe "__hsunix_time"
      c_time :: Ptr CTime -> IO CTime