#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); } }

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