I need C to generate the Date in a certain format

[dmartin17]

I am trying to generate a Common Log File. TO do this i need the Date in this form:
[day/month/year:hh:mm:ss zone]
For example, [08/May/1997:16:27:54 +0100]
How can i get C to do this simply?

thanks

[jim mcnamara]

Try:

#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(void){
	char tmp[120];
	char tmzone[4];
	time_t lt;
	struct tm *tmptr;
	memset(tmp,0x00,sizeof(tmp));
	memset(tmzone,0x00,sizeof(tmzone));
	lt = time(NULL);  // time now 
        tmptr=localtime(&lt);
	// make this format: [day/month/year:hh:mm:ss zone] 
	strftime(tmzone,sizeof(tmzone),"%Z",tmptr);
	strftime(tmp,sizeof(tmp),"[%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S ",tmptr);
        strcat(tmp,tmzone);
        strcat(tmp,"]");
        printf("%s\n",tmp);
  	return 0;
}

[CornedBee]

nice, except that tmzone should be at least 6 chars long...