Looking for another way.

[BReynolds]

I am looking for a better way of doing the same thing as the code below does.

Note: I am using Visual Studio 2010 but I would like to keep the code standard c++. Which is why the the first line is there.

#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

string GetCurrTime(void);
string IntToStr(int);

int main(void)
{
	cout << "The current time is " << GetCurrTime() << ".\n\n";

	system("Pause");
}

string GetCurrTime(void)
{
	/*
	** The following gets the number of seconds since January 1, 1970,
	** and then converts it into a sturcture that holds the current time
	** in a more readable format.
	*/

	time_t RawTime;
	struct tm* FTime;

	time(&RawTime);
	FTime = localtime(&RawTime);

	/*
	** The Following takes the integer values and converts them to "string" for
	** easier storge.
	*/

	string hour = IntToStr(FTime->tm_hour);
	string min = IntToStr(FTime->tm_min);
	string sec = IntToStr(FTime->tm_sec);

	/*
	** The Following stores and prints out the time.
	*/

	string CT = hour + ":" + min + ":" + sec;

	return CT;
}

string IntToStr(int X)
{
	char Temp[3];

	itoa(X, Temp, 10);

	if(X < 10)
	{
		Temp[2] = 0;
		Temp[1] = Temp[0];
		Temp[0] = '0';
	}

	string Str = Temp;

	return Str;
}

Basically is going to be a clock with that shows the month, day, year, time, am or pm, and have the option for 12 or 24 time.

[kev82]

If you're prepared to use boost, investigate boost::posix_time

[BReynolds]

I'll check it out.

If anyone else has an idea please post.