pcap_get_tstamp_precision(3)

pcap_get_tstamp_precision3

Get the time stamp precision returned in captures

Usage

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_get_tstamp_precision(pcap_t *p);

Overview

pcap_get_tstamp_precision() returns the precision of the time stamp returned in packet captures on the pcap descriptor.

Return value

pcap_get_tstamp_precision() returns PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECISION_MICRO or PCAP_TSTAMP_PRECISION_NANO, which indicates that pcap captures contains time stamps in microseconds or nanoseconds respectively.

Backward compatibility

This function became available in libpcap release 1.5.1. In previous releases, time stamps from a capture device or savefile are always given in seconds and microseconds.

Releases

25 releases since FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE; the text changed 5 times.

  1. 11.0–11.2
  2. 11.3
  3. 11.4
  4. 12.0–12.1
  5. 12.2–13.4
  6. 13.5–16.0

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.