timestamp in c linux code example
Example: c print system time stamp
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
time_t current_time;
char* c_time_string;
current_time = time(NULL);
if (current_time == ((time_t)-1))
{
(void) fprintf(stderr, "Failure to obtain the current time.\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
c_time_string = ctime(¤t_time);
if (c_time_string == NULL)
{
(void) fprintf(stderr, "Failure to convert the current time.\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
(void) printf("Current time is %s", c_time_string);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}