The time function in C is a function used to get the current time. It is defined in a header file, so it needs to be included before it can be used.
The prototype of the time function is as follows:
ctime_t time(time_t *tloc);
where time t is a type that represents time, and tloc is a pointer to type time t that stores the current time that is obtained. If the TLOC is null, the function only returns the current time and is not stored anywhere.
Here's an example program that uses the time function:
c#include
#include
int main()
time_t current_time;
current_time = time(null);
printf("the current time is %s", ctime(¤t_time));
return 0;
In this program, we first declare a variable of type time t, current time, and then use time(null) to get the current time and store it in current time. Finally, we use the ctime() function to format the time as a human-readable string and the printf() function to output the current time.
It is important to note that the time returned by the ctime() function is local time, so if the program is running in a different time zone, the time may be different. If you need to get the UTC time, you can use the gmtime() function.