Thread: Time conversions

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    Time conversions

    I am generating a clock for my MFC application that figures out what the current time is based on the selected timezone. What I need to do is calculate an offset using the system time. I get GMT time and figure out what the time is based on an offset, for instance I will calculate what MST is and update the clock to display the current time in the MST timezone.

    Is there a function that will allow me to do this? For example in Java the "Calandar" object has a member function "add", Calendar.add that takes two values ( Calendar.HOURS, offset) and does the addition for you.
    Example: Calendar cal;
    cal.add(Calendar.HOURS, offset);

    THIS IS WHAT I HAVE USED FOR MY C++ CODE SO FAR


    Code:
                   time_t now;
    	struct tm *tm_now;
    	int hour;
    	int minutes;
    	int new_hour;
    
    	now = time ( NULL );
    	tm_now = gmtime ( &now );
                    hours = tm_now->tm_hour;

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    assuming what you have works and gives hours in range 0 - 23, then this sequence should get hours adjusted by offset.

    hours += offset;
    if(hours < 0)
    hours = 24 + hours;
    if(hours >= 24)
    hours = hours - 24;
    //for AM/PM
    if(hours == 0)
    hours = 12
    else(hours > 12)
    hours -= 12;

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    Thank YOU

    Thank You Elad!

    I will use this aglorithm.

    Greatly Apperciative

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