time and date functions

[Luis Pedro]

Hi there,
Can anyone tell me if there is any time and date standard functions
for C++ and, if so, were can I find documentation about it? If such
functions do not exist, any hint of what library should I use?

cheers

Luis Pedro

 

[Luis Pedro]

Hi Victor,
Thanks for your help. I'm already using the C Standard library for
this (e.g. ctime()). My question was more if there was any C++ library
equivalent to the C one, regarding the time and date stuff.

cheers

Luis Pedro

 

[Victor Bazarov]

Can anyone tell me if there is any time and date standard functions
for C++ and, if so, were can I find documentation about it?

Time functions in C++ are from the C Standard Library, so any
book on C should contain the information. Names of the functions
are 'time', 'gmtime', 'localtime', 'asctime', 'clock', 'difftime',
'mktime' (from memory). Am I fogetting any?

If such
functions do not exist, any hint of what library should I use?

Depending on the functionality you need. If you're looking for
some kind of wrapper similar to TDate from Borland or whatever,
you should look at the "Available C++ Libraries FAQ" posted here
about monthly by Nikki Locke.

Victor

 

[Mike Wahler]

Hi Victor,
Thanks for your help. I'm already using the C Standard library for
this (e.g. ctime()). My question was more if there was any C++ library
equivalent to the C one, regarding the time and date stuff.

The C++ standard library, by definition, includes the
(C90) standard library. So, e.g. 'time()' etc. *are*
C++ standard library functions.

-Mike