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- /* time.c: the current date and time.
-
- Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
-
- #include "config.h"
-
-
- /* Get the current date and time as a string. The 26 here is defined in
- the manual page for ctime(3). */
-
- string
- now ()
- {
- extern time_t time (long *);
- extern string ctime (time_t *);
-
- string time_string = xmalloc (26);
- time_t t = time (0);
-
- strcpy (time_string, ctime (&t));
- time_string[24] = 0; /* No newline. */
-
- return time_string;
- }
-