How to get time from date time

Question

Is there a function like ctime that will get just the hours, minutes, and seconds as a char*?

I've tried

time_t time
struct tm* currtime = localtime(time);
printf("%d:%d:%d", currtime->tm_hour, currtime->tm_min, currtime->tm_sec);

but in the case of single digit values it'll print 8:2:5 instead of 08:02:05.

Research `strftime()` or just `sprintf(buffer, "%02d:%02d:%02d"...` — chux - Reinstate Monica, Feb 28 '18 at 06:37
Possible duplicate: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1442116/how-to-get-date-and-time-value-in-c-program — Alejandro Blasco, Feb 28 '18 at 07:46

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '18 at 07:27

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try the following:

`
struct timeval cur_time;
gettimeofday(&cur_time, NULL);
char dateTime[10 + 1] = {0};

strftime(dateTime, 10, "%H%M%S", localtime(&cur_time.tv_sec));
`

answered Feb 28 '18 at 07:27

June

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Just doing `..., localtime(time(NULL));` would be even simpler. – alk Mar 03 '18 at 11:02
@alk It would be if it worked. But it doesn't Nice job! – Deanie May 04 '20 at 18:57

How to get time from date time

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