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Getting the time as a string
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <string.h>
#define TIME_24 1
#define TIME_12 0
char *get_time_string(int mode24); /* Returns the time as a string in 12 or 24 hour format */
int main()
{
char time_str[12];
get_time_string(TIME_24);
printf("\n\n");
get_time_string(TIME_12);
}
char* get_time_string(int mode24)
{
static char time_str[12] = {0}; /* Stroes the time as a string */
struct tm *now = NULL;
int hour = 0;
time_t time_value = 0;
time_value = time(NULL); /* Get time value */
now = localtime(&time_value); /* Get time and date structure */
hour = now->tm_hour; /* Save the hour value */
if(!mode24 && hour>12) /* Adjust if 12 hour format */
hour -= 12;
printf("%d:",hour);
printf("%d:",now->tm_min);
printf("%d",now->tm_sec);
if(!mode24)
if(now->tm_hour>24){
printf("PM\n");
}else{
printf("AM\n");
}
return time_str;
}
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