C library function - localtime()



Description

The C library function struct tm *localtime(const time_t *timer) uses the time pointed by timer to fill a tm structure with the values that represent the corresponding local time. The value of timer is broken up into the structure tm and expressed in the local time zone.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for localtime() function.

struct tm *localtime(const time_t *timer)

Parameters

  • timer − This is the pointer to a time_t value representing a calendar time.

Return Value

This function returns a pointer to a tm structure with the time information filled in. Following is the tm structure information −

struct tm {
   int tm_sec;         /* seconds,  range 0 to 59          */
   int tm_min;         /* minutes, range 0 to 59           */
   int tm_hour;        /* hours, range 0 to 23             */
   int tm_mday;        /* day of the month, range 1 to 31  */
   int tm_mon;         /* month, range 0 to 11             */
   int tm_year;        /* The number of years since 1900   */
   int tm_wday;        /* day of the week, range 0 to 6    */
   int tm_yday;        /* day in the year, range 0 to 365  */
   int tm_isdst;       /* daylight saving time             */	
};

Example

The following example shows the usage of localtime() function.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
int main () {
   time_t rawtime;
   struct tm *info;
   time( &rawtime );
   info = localtime( &rawtime );
   printf("Current local time and date: %s", asctime(info));
   return(0);
}

Let us compile and run the above program that will produce the following result −

Current local time and date: Thu Aug 23 09:12:05 2012
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