C Tutorial/time.h/time
time
Item Value Header file time.h Declaration time_t time(time_t *time); Return returns the current calendar time of the system or -1 if the system has no time.
The time() function can be called either with a null pointer or with a pointer to a variable of type time_t.
If the latter is used, the variable will also be assigned the calendar time.
<source lang="cpp">#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h> int main(void) { struct tm *ptr; time_t lt; lt = time(NULL); ptr = localtime(<); printf(asctime(ptr)); return 0; }</source>