### _ftime -- Store Current Time

Format

>     #include <sys\timeb.h>
>     #include <sys\types.h>
>     void _ftime(struct timeb *timeptr);

Language Level: Extension
_ftime gets the current time and stores it in the structure to which timeptr points. The <sys\timeb.h> include file contains the definition of the timeb structure. It contains four fields:

time | The time in seconds since 00:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time, January 1, 1970.
millitm | The fraction of a second, in milliseconds.
timezone | The difference in minutes between Coordinated Universal Time and local time, going from east to west. _ftime sets the value of timezone from the value of the global variable _timezone.
dstflag | Nonzero if daylight saving time is currently in effect for the local time zone.

Return Value
There is no return value.

Example
This example polls the system clock, converts the current time to a character string, prints the string, and saves the time data in the structure timebuffer.

    #include <sys\types.h>
    #include <sys\timeb.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <time.h>

    int main(void)
    {
       struct timeb timebuffer;

       _ftime(&timebuffer);
       printf("the time is %s\n", ctime(&(timebuffer.time)));
       return 0;

       /******************************************************
          The output should be similar to:

          the time is Thu May 16 16:08:17 1995
       ******************************************************/
    }

asctime -- Convert Time to Character String
ctime -- Convert Time to Character String
gmtime -- Convert Time
localtime -- Convert Time
mktime -- Convert Local Time
time -- Determine Current Time
tzset -- Assign Values to Locale Information
<sys\timeb.h>
<sys\types.h>