system date

[geekocoder]

i just got this code from internet..but i am not able to understand..plz can some one explain me this code

void retrieve_time(int* day, int* month, int *year)
	{
	    time_t t=time(NULL);
	    struct tm* timeinfo=localtime(&t);
	    *day=timeinfo->tm_mday;
	    *month=timeinfo->tm_mon+1;
	    *year=timeinfo->tm_year+1900;
	}

[Athar]

I suggest you look at the following links:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/ctime/time/
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/ctime/localtime/
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/ctime/tm/