What is time_t ultimately a typedef to?

Question

I searched my Linux box and saw this typedef:

typedef __time_t time_t;

But I could not find the __time_t definition.

Answer 1

time_t is of type long int on 64 bit machines, else it is long long int.

You could verify this in these header files:

time.h: /usr/include
types.h and typesizes.h: /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits

(The statements below are not one after another. They could be found in the resp. header file using Ctrl+f search.)

1)In time.h

typedef __time_t time_t;

2)In types.h

# define __STD_TYPE     typedef  
__STD_TYPE __TIME_T_TYPE __time_t;  

3)In typesizes.h

#define __TIME_T_TYPE       __SYSCALL_SLONG_TYPE  
#if defined __x86_64__ && defined __ILP32__  
# define __SYSCALL_SLONG_TYPE   __SQUAD_TYPE  
#else
# define __SYSCALL_SLONG_TYPE   __SLONGWORD_TYPE
#endif  

4) Again in types.h

#define __SLONGWORD_TYPE    long int
#if __WORDSIZE == 32
# define __SQUAD_TYPE       __quad_t
#elif __WORDSIZE == 64
# define __SQUAD_TYPE       long int  

#if __WORDSIZE == 64
typedef long int __quad_t;  
#else
__extension__ typedef long long int __quad_t;