Hi,
I'm trying to extract just the time element from time()
my code at present is.
Which prints for example,Code:time_t now; char buff[MAX_LEN]; time(&now); printf("%s\n", ctime(&now));
Thu May 20 11:40:56 2004
how do i change it to just extract the 11:40:56
Thanks
I would use localtime in time.h Then you could get the information from the structure
You could use strftime.Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <time.h> int main(void) { time_t now; if ( time(&now) != (time_t)(-1) ) { struct tm *mytime = localtime(&now); if ( mytime ) { char buffer [ 32 ]; if ( strftime(buffer, sizeof buffer, "%X", mytime) ) { printf("buffer = \"%s\"\n", buffer); } } } return 0; } /* my output buffer = "09:09:26" */
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I usually always forget about strftime, very handy for printing, not much use when doing algorithms and stuff, so I usually end up doing what linuxdude suggested, but strftime is the better alternative.
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