C localtime function returns the local time
Syntax
C localtime function has the following format.
struct tm *localtime(const time_t *time);Header
C localtime function is from header file time.h.
Description
C localtime function returns local time.
Example
Use C localtime function to get the local time.
#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
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/* Print local and UTC time. */
int main(void)
{
struct tm *local;
time_t t;
t = time(NULL);
local = localtime(&t);
printf("Local time and date: %s\n", asctime(local));
local = gmtime(&t);
printf("UTC time and date: %s\n", asctime(local));
return 0;
}
The code above generates the following result.
