<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE> {The S-lang C Library Reference}: SLcurrent_time_string</TITLE> <LINK HREF="cref-99.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="cref-97.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="cref.html#toc98" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="cref-99.html">Next</A> <A HREF="cref-97.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="cref.html#toc98">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="SLcurrent_time_string"></A> <A NAME="s98">98. <B>SLcurrent_time_string</B></A></H2> <P> <DL> <DT><B> Synopsis </B><DD><P>Get the current time as a string <DT><B> Usage </B><DD><P><CODE>char *SLcurrent_time_string (void)</CODE> <DT><B> Description </B><DD><P>The <CODE>SLcurrent_time_string</CODE> function uses the C library function call <CODE>ctime</CODE> to obtain a string representation of the the current date and time in the form <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> "Wed Dec 10 12:50:28 1997" </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> However, unlike the <CODE>ctime</CODE> function, a newline character is not present in the string. <P>The returned value points to a statically allocated memory block which may get overwritten on subsequent function calls. <DT><B> See Also </B><DD><P><CODE>SLmake_string</CODE> </DL> <P> <P> <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="cref-99.html">Next</A> <A HREF="cref-97.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="cref.html#toc98">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>