Thread: localtime and time

Hello..

My code is:

Code:

unsigned long ta = time(0);
tm *t = localtime(&ta);

I wonder why I get (time_t = unsigned long) :

Code:

error C2664: 'localtime' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'unsigned long *__w64 ' to 'const time_t *'

I use MSVC 2005.

Thanks for help

But time_t is actually long.

Originally Posted by http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/323b6b3k.aspx

time_t (__int64 or long integer)


Represents time values in mktime, time, ctime, _ctime32, _ctime64, _wctime, _wctime32, _wctime64, ctime_s, _ctime32_s, _ctime64_s, _wctime_s, _wctime32_s, _wctime64_s, ctime, _ctime32, _ctime64, _wctime, _wctime32, _wctime64 and gmtime, _gmtime32, _gmtime64. If _USE_32BIT_TIME_T is defined, time_t is a long integer. If not defined, it is a 64-bit integer.

That's microsoft's take on it. I can't find it anywhere, but I don't think any standard guarantees time_t to be long.