Getting the time..

[|2eM!x]

Can anyone tell me how to find out what time it is on the system?

[twanvl]

time_t t;
time(&t);
// t now contains the current time

(google for headers and how to use time_t)

[|2eM!x]

k thx...
// function example
#include <iostream>
#include <TIME.H>
using namespace std;


int main ()
{
time_t t;
time(&t);
cout << t;
system ( "pause" );
}

returns some crazy ass numbers..

[R.a.B.B.i.T]

You should REALLY stop using namespaces and system() calls.... That having been said, you need to convert time_t to a FILETIME or SYSTEMTIME struct before you can get the actual time from it.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._file_time.asp

[|2eM!x]

i dont get what the big deal is, it pauses my code and works fine..i cant understand whats so terrible about it..

[sunburnt]

Assuming you're using windows, you can also do something like this:

#include <windows.h>
// ...
SYSTEMTIME cur_time;
GetSystemTime(&cur_time); // get UTC time
// ....
GetLocalTime(&cur_time); // get local time

Check out this page for info in the SYSTEMTIME struct.

[|2eM!x]

can you please give me a usage?
like so i can actually get the date and time and such?thx

[twanvl]

Just click on the link in sunburnt's post, it gives all the information you need.

[|2eM!x]

i wouldnt ask if i understood it.

[twanvl]

What don't you understand? It sais that the structure looks like:

typedef struct _SYSTEMTIME {
  WORD wYear;
  WORD wMonth;
  WORD wDayOfWeek;
  WORD wDay;
  WORD wHour;
  WORD wMinute;
  WORD wSecond;
  WORD wMilliseconds;
} SYSTEMTIME, 
*PSYSTEMTIME;

So after running the code in sunburnt's post this will print the current date for example:

std::cout << cur_time.wYear << "-" << cur_time.wMonth << "-" << cur_time.wDay; // print date as 2005-5-20

[|2eM!x]

thankyou. all i need is code, and i can mostly figure things out..except now ive never seen this error before, so im gonna post it

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
 
using namespace std;
 
int main ()
{
// ...
SYSTEMTIME cur_time;
std::cout << cur_time.wYear << "-" << cur_time.wMonth << "-" << cur_time.wDay; // print date as 2005-5-20         ";
system ( "pause" );
}
 
 
typedef struct _SYSTEMTIME {
  WORD wYear;
  WORD wMonth;
  WORD wDayOfWeek;
  WORD wDay;
  WORD wHour;
  WORD wMinute;
  WORD wSecond;
  WORD wMilliseconds;
} SYSTEMTIME, 
*PSYSTEMTIME;

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Projects\Cpp1.cpp(16) : error C2011: '_SYSTEMTIME' : 'struct' type redefinition

over typedef struct_SYSTEMTIME{

[twanvl]

You don't need to inlcude the typedef struct SYSTIME in your own code. It is already in windows.h

[|2eM!x]

wow, kthx, that makes alot of sense now!
but my result does not.

im getting 52428-52428-52428
instead of 2005-5-20

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
 
using namespace std;
 
int main ()
{
// ...
SYSTEMTIME cur_time;
std::cout << cur_time.wYear << "-" << cur_time.wMonth << "-" << cur_time.wDay; // print date as 2005-5-20         ";
}

[twanvl]

You need to get the date first using GetSystemTime(&cur_time); or GetLocalTime.

[|2eM!x]

i love you.

edit**
for reference

// function example
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
// ...
SYSTEMTIME cur_time;
	GetSystemTime(&cur_time);
std::cout << cur_time.wYear << "-" << cur_time.wMonth << "-" << cur_time.wDay; // print date as 2005-5-20         ";
system( "pause" );
}