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+/************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Purpose: To play with the time.h functions.
+ *
+ * Author:  M.J. Leslie
+ *
+ * Date:    18-Mar-95
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdio.h>		        /* NULL		       */
+#include <time.h>		        /* ctime, asctime      */
+
+main()
+{
+  time_t now;				/* define 'now'. time_t is probably
+					 * a typedef	*/
+
+				        /* Calender time is the number of 
+				         * seconds since 1/1/1970   	*/
+
+  now = time((time_t *)NULL);		/* Get the system time and put it
+   					 * into 'now' as 'calender time' */
+
+  printf("%s", ctime(&now));		/* Format data in 'now'
+					 * NOTE that 'ctime' inserts a
+					 * '\n' */
+
+   /*********************************************************************/
+
+	/* Here is another way to extract the time/date information	*/
+
+  time(&now);
+
+  printf("%s", ctime(&now));		/* Format data in 'now'		*/
+
+   /*********************************************************************/
+
+  {
+    struct tm *l_time;
+					 
+    l_time = localtime(&now);		/* Convert 'calender time' to
+					 * 'local time' - return a pointer 
+					 * to the 'tm' structure. localtime
+					 * reserves the storage for us.	*/
+    printf("%s", asctime(l_time));
+  }
+
+   /*********************************************************************/
+
+  time(&now);
+  printf("%s", asctime(localtime( &now  )));
+
+   /*********************************************************************/
+
+  {
+    struct tm *l_time;
+    char string[20];
+					 
+    time(&now);
+    l_time = localtime(&now);
+    strftime(string, sizeof string, "%d-%b-%y\n", l_time);
+    printf("%s", string);
+  }
+}