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If .Fa s is .Dv NULL , a new time structure is allocated and returned. .Pp The functions .Fn ASN1_TIME_adj , .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_adj , and .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_adj set the time structure .Fa s to the time represented by the time .Fa offset_day and .Fa offset_sec after the .Vt time_t value .Fa t . The values of .Fa offset_day or .Fa offset_sec can be negative to set a time before .Fa t . The .Fa offset_sec value can also exceed the number of seconds in a day. If .Fa s is .Dv NULL , a new time structure is allocated and returned. .Pp .Fn ASN1_TIME_adj may change the type from .Vt ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME to .Vt ASN1_UTCTIME or vice versa depending on the resulting year. The functions .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_adj and .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_adj do not modify the type of the return structure. .Pp The functions .Fn ASN1_TIME_set_string , .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_set_string , and .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_set_string set the time structure .Fa s to the time represented by the string .Fa str , which must be in appropriate ASN.1 time format (for example YYMMDDHHMMSSZ or YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ). The string .Fa str is copied into .Fa s . If .Fa s is .Dv NULL , these functions only perform a format check on .Fa str . .Pp The functions .Fn ASN1_TIME_check , .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_check , and .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_check check the syntax of the time structure .Fa s . .Pp The functions .Fn ASN1_TIME_print , .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_print , and .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_print print out the time .Fa s to .Vt BIO .Fa b in human readable format. It will be of the format MMM DD HH:MM:SS YYYY [GMT], for example "Feb 3 00:55:52 2015 GMT". It does not include a newline. If the time structure has an invalid format, it prints out "Bad time value" and returns an error. The output of .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_print may include a fractional part following the second. .Pp The function .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_cmp_time_t compares the two times represented by .Fa s and .Fa t . .Pp The function .Fn ASN1_TIME_to_generalizedtime converts the .Vt ASN1_TIME .Fa t to an .Vt ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME , regardless of year. If either .Fa out or .Pf * Fa out is .Dv NULL , then a new object is allocated and must be freed after use. .Pp The .Vt ASN1_TIME structure corresponds to the ASN.1 structure .Sy Time defined in RFC 5280 et al. The time setting functions obey the rules outlined in RFC 5280: if the date can be represented by UTCTime it is used, otherwise GeneralizedTime is used. .Pp The .Vt ASN1_TIME , .Vt ASN1_UTCTIME , and .Vt ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME structures are represented as .Vt ASN1_STRING structures internally and can be freed using .Xr ASN1_STRING_free 3 . .Pp The .Vt ASN1_TIME structure can represent years from 0000 to 9999 but no attempt is made to correct ancient calendar changes (for example from Julian to Gregorian calendars). .Pp .Vt ASN1_UTCTIME is limited to a year range of 1950 through 2049. .Pp It is recommended that .Vt ASN1_TIME functions be used instead of .Vt ASN1_UTCTIME or .Vt ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME functions because the .Vt ASN1_UTCTIME and .Vt ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME functions act only on that specific time format, while the .Vt ASN1_TIME functions operate on either format. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Fn ASN1_TIME_set , .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_set , .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_set , .Fn ASN1_TIME_adj , .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_adj , .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_adj , and .Fn ASN1_TIME_to_generalizedtime return a pointer to a time structure or .Dv NULL if an error occurred. .Pp .Fn ASN1_TIME_set_string , .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_set_string , and .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_set_string return 1 if the time value is successfully set or 0 otherwise. .Pp .Fn ASN1_TIME_check , .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_check , and .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_check return 1 if the time structure is syntactically correct or 0 otherwise. .Pp .Fn ASN1_TIME_print , .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_print , and .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_print return 1 if the time is successfully printed or 0 if an error occurred (I/O error or invalid time format). .Pp .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_cmp_time_t returns \-1 if .Fa s is earlier than .Fa t , 0 if both are equal, 1 if .Fa s is later than .Fa t , or \-2 on error. .Sh EXAMPLES Set a time structure to one hour after the current time and print it out: .Bd -literal -offset indent #include #include ASN1_TIME *tm; time_t t; BIO *b; t = time(NULL); tm = ASN1_TIME_adj(NULL, t, 0, 60 * 60); b = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE); ASN1_TIME_print(b, tm); ASN1_STRING_free(tm); BIO_free(b); .Ed .Sh HISTORY .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_check and .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_print first appeared in SSLeay 0.5.1. .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_set first appeared in SSLeay 0.6.0. .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_set_string first appeared in SSLeay 0.9.0. All these functions have been available since .Ox 2.4 . .Pp .Fn ASN1_TIME_set , .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_set , .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_set_string , .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_check , .Fn ASN1_TIME_print , and .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_print first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.2b and have been available since .Ox 2.6 . .Pp .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_cmp_time_t first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.6 and has been available since .Ox 2.9 . .Pp .Fn ASN1_TIME_check and .Fn ASN1_TIME_to_generalizedtime first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7 and have been available since .Ox 3.2 . .Pp .Fn ASN1_TIME_adj , .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_adj , .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_adj , and .Fn ASN1_TIME_set_string first appeared in OpenSSL 1.0.0 and have been available since .Ox 4.9 . .Sh CAVEATS Some applications add offset times directly to a .Vt time_t value and pass the results to .Fn ASN1_TIME_set (or equivalent). This can cause problems as the .Vt time_t value can overflow on some systems resulting in unexpected results. New applications should use .Fn ASN1_TIME_adj instead and pass the offset value in the .Fa offset_sec and .Fa offset_day parameters instead of directly manipulating a .Vt time_t value. .Sh BUGS .Fn ASN1_TIME_print , .Fn ASN1_UTCTIME_print , and .Fn ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_print do not print the time zone: they either print "GMT" or nothing. But all certificates complying with RFC 5280 et al use GMT anyway.