Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 21:54:43 -0600 (MDT) From: Dave Andersen <angio@aros.net> To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help -- Stupid "C" question. Message-ID: <199510270354.VAA27065@terra.aros.net> In-Reply-To: <v02130500acb5df16dbb7@[199.183.109.242]> from "Richard Wackerbarth" at Oct 26, 95 07:05:19 pm
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Lo and behold, Richard Wackerbarth once said:
> main () {
> printf("It is now %s\n", ctime(time()));
> };
>
> The last one gave an answer, the rest core dumped.
>
> What should I use?
Time requires a NULL argument to be passed to it.
The return value from time(NULL) is an integer, whereas ctime() requires
a pointer to a long int. Do something like
long int thetime;
thetime = time(NULL);
printf("It is now %s\n", ctime(&thetime));
-Dave Andersen
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