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#### 21.4.9 Time Functions Example

Here is an example program showing the use of some of the calendar time functions.

         #include <time.h>
         #include <stdio.h>

         #define SIZE 256

         int
         main (void)
         {
           char buffer[SIZE];
           time_t curtime;
           struct tm *loctime;

           /* Get the current time. */
           curtime = time (NULL);

           /* Convert it to local time representation. */
           loctime = localtime (&curtime);

           /* Print out the date and time in the standard format. */
           fputs (asctime (loctime), stdout);

           /* Print it out in a nice format. */
           strftime (buffer, SIZE, "Today is %A, %B %d.\n", loctime);
           fputs (buffer, stdout);
           strftime (buffer, SIZE, "The time is %I:%M %p.\n", loctime);
           fputs (buffer, stdout);

           return 0;
         }

It produces output like this:

         Wed Jul 31 13:02:36 1991
         Today is Wednesday, July 31.
         The time is 01:02 PM.