How to get the current date (C++)

How to get the current date

The following code shows how to get current date using time library.

Code

#include "stdafx.h"

#include "iostream"

#include "conio.h"

#include "time.h"

using namespace std;

int main()

{

       struct tm *ptr;   

       time_t sec;       

       time(&sec);       

       ptr=localtime(&sec);

       int month = (short) ptr->tm_mon + 1;

       int day   = (short) ptr->tm_mday;

       int year  = (short) ptr->tm_year + 1900;

       cout<<"Current date in MM//DD//YY format is > "<<month<<"/"<<day<<"/"<<year<<endl;

       _getche();

       return 0;

}

Output

Current date in MM//DD//YY format is > 2/14/2011