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how to use the machine date as an input! plz help!

momotaro
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i m looking to have the date of the computer used as an input in a program can u help?
thx!!
Nov 4 '06 #1
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Banfa
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call the time(...) function to the the timein seconds since 1/1/1970

There are other functions in the standard library (gmtime?) to convert this to year, month, day, hour minute and seconds.
Nov 6 '06 #2

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