// Online documentation for the library functions in this
// sample can be found here:
// http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/mindex.html
#include <ctime>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
// A simple example -- how to obtain current system
// date and time. It prints today's date.
int main()
{
time_t now = time( 0 ); // get system time
struct tm tms;
tms = *localtime( &now ); // convert to date/time components
cout << ctime( &now ); // system call to extract printable date/time
// Access individual date components and display them on the screen:
cout << tms.tm_mon + 1; // month is zero based
cout << "/";
cout << tms.tm_mday;
cout << "/";
cout << tms.tm_year + 1900; // year is since 1900
cout << "\n";
return 0;
}