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C LIBRARY FUNCTIONS->Detailed Descriptions->mktime()

Summary

#include <time>

time_t mktime(struct tm* pTime)

Parameter

pTime    Pointer to time structure tm


Description

This function converts the (possibly incomplete) time structure pointed to by pTime into a fully defined structure with normalised values and at the same time generates a time_t calendar time value.

Return

This function returns specified time encoded as a value of type time_t.

If the supplied time is a date before 1st January 1970 or is a value which cannot be represented, the function returns 1 cast to time_t.