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May 14th, 2008

How do i print timestamp to a text file? any sample codes?

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May 14th, 2008

You may check time.h for api defintions.

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Re: Timestamp

May 14th, 2008

All files are automatically time stamped by the file system when saved or changed. So what else do you want to do with it ?

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Re: Timestamp

May 14th, 2008

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
 
int main ()
{
    time_t unixTime;
    FILE * fp;
    char stamp[32];
 
    unixTime = time (NULL);
    fprintf (stamp,"timestamp: %ld\n", unixTime);
    if (fp = fopen("myfile.txt","a")) 
    {
        fputs(stamp,fp);
        fclose(fp);
    }
    return 0;
}
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

int main ()
{
    time_t unixTime;
    FILE * fp;
    char stamp[32];

    unixTime = time (NULL);
    fprintf (stamp,"timestamp: %ld\n", unixTime);
    if (fp = fopen("myfile.txt","a")) 
    {
        fputs(stamp,fp);
        fclose(fp);
    }
    return 0;
}