Question

How to use _strtime_s and _strdate_s to get OS time and date in C

Answer 1

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

int main(void)
{
    _tzset(); // Set time zone

    char tm[9];

    errno_t err = _strtime_s(tm, 9);
    if (err) {
        printf("_strdate_s error");
        exit(1);
    }
    printf("OS time: %s\n", tm);
    err = _strdate_s(tm, 9);
    if (err) {
        printf("_strdate_s error");
        exit(1);
    }
    printf("OS date: %s\n", tm);

    char ch = getchar();

    return 0;
}
 



/*
run:

OS time: 11:47:04
OS date: 04/08/22

*/

 

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