Commit 4ac139b4 authored by Emilia Kasper's avatar Emilia Kasper
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Add documentation for X509 time functions



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Reviewed-by: default avatarTim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
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@@ -6,26 +6,47 @@ X509_cmp_time - X509 time functions

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 X509_cmp_time(const ASN1_TIME *asn1_time, time_t *cmp_time);
 int X509_cmp_time(const ASN1_TIME *asn1_time, time_t *in_tm);
 int X509_cmp_current_time(const ASN1_TIME *asn1_time);
 ASN1_TIME *X509_time_adj(ASN1_TIME *asn1_time, long offset_sec, time_t *in_tm);
 ASN1_TIME *X509_time_adj_ex(ASN1_TIME *asn1_time, int offset_day, long
                             offset_sec, time_t *in_tm);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

X509_cmp_time() compares the ASN1_TIME in B<asn1_time> with the time in
<cmp_time>.
X509_cmp_time() compares the ASN1_TIME in B<asn1_time> with the time
in <cmp_time>. X509_cmp_current_time() compares the ASN1_TIME in
B<asn1_time> with the current time, expressed as time_t. B<asn1_time>
must satisfy the ASN1_TIME format mandated by RFC 5280, i.e., its
format must be either YYMMDDHHMMSSZ or YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ.

B<asn1_time> must satisfy the ASN1_TIME format mandated by RFC 5280, i.e.,
its format must be either YYMMDDHHMMSSZ or YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ.
X509_time_adj_ex() sets the ASN1_TIME structure B<asn1_time> to the time
B<offset_day> and B<offset_sec> after B<in_tm>.

If B<cmp_time> is NULL the current time is used.
X509_time_adj() sets the ASN1_TIME structure B<asn1_time> to the time
B<offset_sec> after B<in_tm>. This method can only handle second
offsets up to the capacity of long, so the newer X509_time_adj_ex()
API should be preferred.

In both methods, if B<asn1_time> is NULL, a new ASN1_TIME structure
is allocated and returned.

In all methods, if B<in_tm> is NULL, the current time, expressed as
time_t, is used.

=head1 BUGS

Unlike many standard comparison functions, X509_cmp_time returns 0 on error.
Unlike many standard comparison functions, X509_cmp_time() and
X509_cmp_current_time() return 0 on error.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

X509_cmp_time() returns -1 if B<asn1_time> is earlier than, or equal to,
B<cmp_time>, and 1 otherwise. It returns 0 on error.
X509_cmp_time() and X509_cmp_current_time() return -1 if B<asn1_time>
is earlier than, or equal to, B<cmp_time> (resp. current time), and 1
otherwise. These methods return 0 on error.

X509_time_ad() and X509_time_adj_ex() return a pointer to the updated
ASN1_TIME structure, and NULL on error.

=head1 COPYRIGHT