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diff --git a/time/sys/time.h b/time/sys/time.h
index f8c946f..0473dae 100644
--- a/time/sys/time.h
+++ b/time/sys/time.h
@@ -54,23 +54,24 @@ struct timezone
int tz_minuteswest; /* Minutes west of GMT. */
int tz_dsttime; /* Nonzero if DST is ever in effect. */
};
-
-typedef struct timezone *__restrict __timezone_ptr_t;
-#else
-typedef void *__restrict __timezone_ptr_t;
#endif
-/* Get the current time of day and timezone information,
- putting it into *TV and *TZ. If TZ is NULL, *TZ is not filled.
- Returns 0 on success, -1 on errors.
- NOTE: This form of timezone information is obsolete.
- Use the functions and variables declared in <time.h> instead. */
+/* Get the current time of day, putting it into *TV.
+ If TZ is not null, *TZ must be a struct timezone, and both fields
+ will be set to zero.
+ Calling this function with a non-null TZ is obsolete;
+ use localtime etc. instead.
+ This function itself is semi-obsolete;
+ most callers should use time or clock_gettime instead. */
extern int gettimeofday (struct timeval *__restrict __tv,
- __timezone_ptr_t __tz) __THROW __nonnull ((1));
+ void *__restrict __tz) __THROW __nonnull ((1));
#ifdef __USE_MISC
/* Set the current time of day and timezone information.
- This call is restricted to the super-user. */
+ This call is restricted to the super-user.
+ Setting the timezone in this way is obsolete, but we don't yet
+ warn about it because it still has some uses for which there is
+ no alternative. */
extern int settimeofday (const struct timeval *__tv,
const struct timezone *__tz)
__THROW;