Question

How to get the month name from current date in C++

Answer 1

#include <iomanip> // put_time
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>

std::string getMonthName(const std::tm& date) {
    std::ostringstream oss;
    oss << std::put_time(&date, "%B");
    
    return oss.str();
}

int main() {
    std::time_t t = std::time(nullptr);
    std::tm* now = std::localtime(&t);

    std::string monthName = getMonthName(*now);
    
    std::cout << "Current month: " << monthName << std::endl;
}

  
  
/*
run:

Current month: January
   
*/

 

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