I need help with manipulating my computers clock through a c++ program and i have no idea on how to make the program. Does anyone have any idea on how to do this?
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Jump to PostWhat kind of manipulation are you looking for? Standard C++ pretty much only gives you query capabilities for the clock, though you have comprehensive time and date control.
Jump to PostTo what end? You can easily call std::clock() to get the current value and perform math on it. But the result may not be meaningful.
Jump to PostThat's slightly harder, but you have more control and it's actually portable:
#include <ctime> #include <iostream> int main() { std::time_t now = std::time ( 0 ); std::tm *local = std::localtime ( &now ); local->tm_hour -= 6; std::time_t before = std::mktime ( local ); std::cout<<"Now: "<< ctime ( …
Jump to PostWhile I'm no expert at C++ I think I can help you with your dilema.
I use the library time.h so you'd want to add
#include <time.h>
to your header files to use this. I saw an earlier post uses ctime but anyway
if you use …
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