A pointer to a `struct tm`, which represents a broken-down calendar time. The structure contains fields such as year, month, day, hour, minute, and second for representing human-readable time.
A pointer to a constant `time_t` object, representing time as the number of seconds since the epoch (00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970). The data it points to cannot be modified.
1st Parameter
Pointer to a `time_t` object representing the time in seconds since the epoch.
Read more about parameters of localtime in parameters section
The localtimefunction in C language Converts calendar time to local time.
The localtime function converts the calendar time pointed to by timer into a broken-down time representation, expressed as local time (as opposed to UTC). The result is stored in a statically allocated structure which may be overwritten by subsequent calls to any of the date and time functions.
The localtimefunction takes 1
parameter:
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const time_t * `timer`: Pointer to a `time_t` object representing the time in seconds since the epoch.
Converts the given time value pointed to by `timer` into a broken-down local time representation, expressed as a `struct tm`. Returns a pointer to a static `struct tm` that contains the local time components, such as year, month, day, hour, minute, and second.
The localtime function return value :
Returns a pointer to a struct tm representing the broken-down time, or a null pointer if the specified time cannot be converted to local time
Output
This example demonstrates basic usage of localtime to get the current local time.