linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Format of time and date to send to Linux system?

Monday, October 5, 2009

[LINUX_Newbies] Re: Format of time and date to send to Linux system?

Thanks Cameron, the tm struct had what I needed.

Lloyd

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Cameron Simpson <cs@...> wrote:

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> Just send hh:mm:ss and make sure your Linux guy knows the format. It's
> pretty trivial to convert a "human" time into a UNIX seconds-since-1970
> on the Linux machine using standard library calls present on all UNIX
> machines, specificly the ones using the "tm" struct.

ship...

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