Thread: Time

When using the time function from the header file, ctime, What should I put between the brackets? I looked at msdn online and it showed me time_t time( time_t *time) but I am not totally sure what that means. Does this visually display the time?
Also can I use what I put in the bracket later in another function like difftime?

Forgive me, this is my first time with the ctime function.

Thank you in advance.

meeloff

The time is stored in the pointed var.
These are equivalent.

Code:

time_t a = time(NULL);

time_t b; time(&b);

a equals b.

so this:

time_t a = time(NULL);
cout<<a<<endl;

will output the time.

Yes it will
so as this

Code:

time_t a;
time(&a);
cout<<a<<endl;

Thank you Very much