Using strftime( ) function to format date time value - C++ Internationalization

C++ examples for Internationalization:Time

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Introduction

Command Replaced By
%a Abbreviated weekday name
%A Full weekday name
%b Abbreviated month name
%B Full month name
%c Standard date and time string
%d Day of month as a decimal (1-31)
%H Hour (0-23)
%I Hour (1-12)
%j Day of year as a decimal (1-366)
%m Month as decimal (1-12)
%M Minute as decimal (0-59)
%p Locale's equivalent of AM or PM
%S Second as decimal (0-61)
%U Week of year, Sunday being first day (0-53)
%w Weekday as a decimal (0-6, Sunday being 0)
%W Week of year, Monday being first day (0-53)
%x Standard date string
%X Standard time string
%y Year in decimal without century (0-99)
%Y Year including century as decimal
%Z Time zone name
%% The percent sign

Demo Code

#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;
int main() {//  w  w w  .  ja  v  a 2  s .  c o  m
   char str[64];
   // Get the current system time.
   time_t t = time(NULL);
   // Show standard time and date string.
   strftime(str, 64, "%c", localtime(&t));
   cout << "Standard format: " << str << endl;
   // Show a custom time and date string.
   strftime(str, 64, "%A, %B %d %Y %I:%M %p", localtime(&t));
   cout << "Custom format: " << str << endl;
   return 0;
}

Result


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