Thread: Get info from Computer clock.

I can use Clock() to get a pause in the system, But is there a function that actually works as a clock? I can make a Stopwatach thingy, but no buttons on top. But i really would like to have a function that gets the Day, Date Hours:Minutes:seconds from the PC clock. Is there a way to do that?

>>Is there a way to do that?
There sure is :-)

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
  time_t current;

  current = time(0);

  if (current != static_cast<time_t>(-1))
  {
    cout<< ctime(&current) <<flush;
  }
}

You can also use the tm struct and get more control over the content itself :-)

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
  time_t current;
  struct tm *date;
  char datestr[1024];
  const char fmt[] = "%A %B %d, %y -- %I:%M:%S %p";

  current = time(0);
  date = localtime(&current);

  if (strftime(datestr, sizeof datestr, fmt, date) != 0)
  {
    cout<< datestr <<endl;
  }
}