how can i turn a Unix time stamp into time

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

I want to turn a unix timestamp into regular UTC time like days hours and seconds

ive been searching a lot, and cant find anything

Posted 15-Jul-13 6:18am

terry mobley

Add a Solution

Comments

Richard MacCutchan 15-Jul-13 12:23pm

AFAIR the Unix epoch started on 1 January 1970, so you just need to adjust it from that base.

[no name] 15-Jul-13 20:11pm

FYI - The term UTC time has nothing to do with how it is formatted eg hh::mm::ss for display. It is the time standard itself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time

1 solution

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Jochen Arndt · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-15T06:46:00

Solution 1

A Unix time is stored as C standard run time library type time_t or _time64_t. There are various functions to convert times between the different formats. See Time Management[^] in the MSDN and the CP article Date and Time in C++[^].

[EDIT:]
Another good article is Time Format Conversion Made Easy[^].

Posted 15-Jul-13 6:46am

Jochen Arndt

Updated 15-Jul-13 6:56am

v2