Question

How to convert time structure to a string in C

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

int main(void)
{
    time_t now;
    time(&now);

    struct tm tms = *localtime(&now);
    
    // Format: ddd yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss zzz
    char buf[64];
    strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%a %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z", &tms);
    
    printf("%s", buf);
    
    return 0;
}



/*
run:

Fri 2022-03-25 08:27:02 UTC

*/

 

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