How can I get the current time? I tried something simple like this but I couldn''t get it to work. I could''t find any documentation on it either but I probably didnt look in the right place. Thanks.


#include <iostream>
#include <time.h>
using namespace std;

void main()
{
    float time;
    time = time();
    cout << time;
}

IndirectX

122

June 07, 2002 11:27 PM

Try the C version (probably you should use ctime and std:: for C++)

    #include <time.h>time_t time;time(&time);struct tm current_time = *localtime(&time);

or Win32 version

  SYSTEMTIME CurrentTime;GetSystemTime(&CurrentTime);

[edited by - IndirectX on June 7, 2002 12:27:48 AM]

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MatrixCubed

199

June 07, 2002 11:31 PM

Look up preprocessor definitions __TIME__, __TIMESTAMP__, __DATE__, et al.

Good luck!

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IndirectX

122

June 07, 2002 11:43 PM

quote: Original post by MatrixCubed
Look up preprocessor definitions __TIME__, __TIMESTAMP__, __DATE__, et al.

These macros will give you the compile timestamp, not the current time at program execution.

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Shenron

Author

122

June 08, 2002 12:24 AM

ahh..i got it. thanks a lot.

[edited by - Shenron on June 8, 2002 1:32:07 AM]

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