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## Name

sd_journal_get_realtime_usec, sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec — Read timestamps from the current journal entry

## Synopsis

    #include <systemd/sd-journal.h>

`int sd_journal_get_realtime_usec(` | sd_journal *j,
| uint64_t *usec`)`;

`int sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec(` | sd_journal *j,
| uint64_t *usec,
| sd_id128_t *boot_id`)`;

## Description

`sd_journal_get_realtime_usec()` gets the realtime (wallclock) timestamp of the current journal entry. It takes two arguments: the journal context object and a pointer to a 64-bit unsigned integer to store the timestamp in. The timestamp is in microseconds since the epoch, i.e. `CLOCK_REALTIME`.

`sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec()` gets the monotonic timestamp of the current journal entry. It takes three arguments: the journal context object, a pointer to a 64-bit unsigned integer to store the timestamp in, as well as a 128-bit ID buffer to store the boot ID of the monotonic timestamp. The timestamp is in microseconds since boot-up of the specific boot, i.e. `CLOCK_MONOTONIC`. Since the monotonic clock begins new with every reboot, it only defines a well-defined point in time when used together with an identifier identifying the boot. See sd_id128_get_boot(3) for more information. If the boot ID parameter is passed `NULL`, the function will fail if the monotonic timestamp of the current entry is not of the current system boot.

Note that these functions will not work before sd_journal_next(3) (or related call) has been called at least once, in order to position the read pointer at a valid entry.

## Return Value

`sd_journal_get_realtime_usec()` and `sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec()` returns 0 on success or a negative errno-style error code. If the boot ID parameter was passed `NULL` and the monotonic timestamp of the current journal entry is not of the current system boot, `-ESTALE` is returned by `sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec()`.

## Notes

The `sd_journal_get_realtime_usec()` and `sd_journal_get_monotonic_usec()` interfaces are available as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the `libsystemd` pkg-config(1) file.

## See Also

systemd(1), sd-journal(3), sd_journal_open(3), sd_journal_next(3), sd_journal_get_data(3), sd_id128_get_boot(3), clock_gettime(2), sd_journal_get_cutoff_realtime_usec(3)