#pragma once

 #include <time.h>

 #include "dynamic_api.h"

 #ifdef __cplusplus

 extern "C" {

 #endif

 // for time values all functions are using POSIX struct tm

 typedef struct tm timestamp;

 // new_timestamp() - allocate a new timestamp

 //

 //  parameters:

 //      clock (in)      initial value or 0 if not available

 //

 //  return value:

 //      pointer to timestamp object or NULL if out of memory

 DYNAMIC_API timestamp * new_timestamp(time_t clock);

 // free_timestamp() - free memory occupied by timestamp

 //

 //  parameters:

 //      ts (in)         pointer to timestamp to free

 DYNAMIC_API void free_timestamp(timestamp *ts);

 // timestamp_dup() - duplicate a timestamp

 //

 //  parameters:

 //      src (in)        pointer to timestamp to duplicate

 //

 //  return value:

 //      pointer to copy or NULL if out of memory

 DYNAMIC_API timestamp * timestamp_dup(const timestamp *src);

 #ifdef __cplusplus

 }

 #endif