#include <stdio.h> /* NULL */
#include <time.h> /* ctime, asctime */
main()
{
time_t now; /* define 'now'. time_t is probably
* a typedef */
/* Calender time is the number of
* seconds since 1/1/1970 */
now = time((time_t *)NULL); /* Get the system time and put it
* into 'now' as 'calender time' */
printf("%s", ctime(&now)); /* Format data in 'now'
* NOTE that 'ctime' inserts a
* '\n' */
/*********************************************************************/
/* Here is another way to extract the time/date information */
time(&now);
printf("%s", ctime(&now)); /* Format data in 'now' */
/*********************************************************************/
{
struct tm *l_time;
l_time = localtime(&now); /* Convert 'calender time' to
* 'local time' - return a pointer
* to the 'tm' structure. localtime
* reserves the storage for us. */
printf("%s", asctime(l_time));
}
/*********************************************************************/
time(&now);
printf("%s", asctime(localtime( &now )));
/*********************************************************************/
{
struct tm *l_time;
char string[20];
time(&now);
l_time = localtime(&now);
strftime(string, sizeof string, "%d-%b-%y\n", l_time);
printf("%s", string);
}
}
