How can I get the current date or time of day in a C program?
Just use the time, ctime, and/or localtime functions. (These routines have been around for years, and are in the ANSI standard.) Here is a simple example:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
main()
{
time_t now;
time(&now);
printf("It's %.24s.\n", ctime(&now));
return 0;
}
References:
K&R2 Sec. B10 pp. 255-7
ANSI Sec. 4.12
ISO Sec. 7.12
H&S Sec. 18
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