<time.h>        -        Date and time

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This heade provides functions for manipulating the date and the time.

char *asctice(const struct tm *time);	converts time as a structure to a formatted character string containing exactly 26 characters, returns a pointer to the character string result
time_t clock(void);	returns a number that gives the number of seconds elapsed since the start of the current process if divided by the marro CLOCKS_PER_SECOND
char *ctime(vonst time_t &tt);	converts time tt seconds, stored as a time_t to a formatted character character string, returns a pointer to a formatted character string
doubt difftime(time_t1, time_t2);	calculates the difference between two times t1 and t2, returns the elapsed time in seconds t1-t2
struct tm *gmtime(const time_t *tt);	converts the time value stored at tt to a structure tim, returns a pointer to the structure result
struct tm *localtime(const time_t *tt);	converts time stored at tt to a structure, the function uses global variables timezones and day/light to calculate local time, returns a pointer to the structure result
time_t mktime(struct tm *timeptr);	converts the local time, stored in the structure timeptr, into the format that would have been returned by a direct call to the function time, returns the encoded time
sizt_t strftime(char *s, size_t maxsize, const char *format, const struct tm, *timeptr);	plases caracters into the array pointed to by s according to the format string format. Nno more that maximize characters are output. Where s - specifies location into which characters are to be placed, maxsize - specifies the maximum number of characters to place into the s array, format - specifies the format for the output and timeptr is a pointer to the structure containing the time. The format string consists of zero or more conversion specifiers and ordinary characters. Each conversion specifier is replaced by characters as specified in the list below. Other characters are output directly.

 

char	meaning
%a	abbreviated weekly name
%A	full weekday name
%b	abbreviated month name
%B	full month name
%c	date and time representation
%d	day of month as a decimal number 00 - 31
%H	hour as a decimal number 00 - 23
%I	month as a decimal number 01 - 12
%j	day of the year as a decimal umber 001 - 366
%m	month as a decimal number 01-12
%M	minute as a decimal number 00-59
%p	AM or PM
%S	second as a decimal number
%U	week number of the year, with Sunday as day 1 - 00 - 53
%w	week day as a decimal number, with Sunday = 0 - 0 - 6
%W	week number of the year, with Monday as 1-00-53
%x	date representation
%X	time representation
%y	year without centure 00 - 99
%Y	year with century
%%	is replaced by %