Thread: Convert String to time

Hi, i have a problem over here..

I am doing C programming on Visual Studio 2005, Console Application..

I know that this can be done, but however, the compiler does not recognize some methods and my project is unable to build..

Code:

GetInformation.C
/* Author: 054094F
Nanyang Polytechnic Singapore
Visual Studio 8.0
*/

		printf("Enter date of birth: (DDMMYYYY) ");
		gets(dob);
		if (strptime(dob, "%d%m%Y", &tm) == NULL)
			
			printf("Invalid date please try again");

		else	
			printf("year: %d; month: %d; day: %d;\n", tm.tm_year, tm.tm_mon, tm.tm_mday);

my error lies here
Error 20 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _strptime getinformation.obj

Error 21 fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\NYP Assignments\Year3 Sem2\IT3784 - C, Linux\054094F_Week5_ASSN\Debug\054094F_Week5_ASSN. exe
Can anyone help?

erm is there an alternative way to do this in visual studio?