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Maverick - Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:48 pm
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Ok I got a small challenge for all interested people

I am making a bot that stores date&time in a file. I can get this from the file and into a String.
Now I need to compare this date&time and compare it to the current date&time. I need to get the difference between the two and get the number of days that have passed.

I am trying to do it myself, searched everywhere but couldn't find a good example or explenation anywhere

so I'm asking the experts here for help.

It seems like that CTime isn't supported so I have to do it with time_t . (Since Mervbot doesn't use MFC)

Can someone help me by posting some example code or send me in the correct direction?

Thanks

50% Packetloss - Sun Feb 27, 2005 2:23 pm
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http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/ctime/

Maverick - Sun Feb 27, 2005 2:34 pm
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50% Packetloss wrote:

http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/ctime/

Yes I looked there already but only problem is that I need to store the time.
I do this via a string. However there is no method available for converting a string into a time_t value.

Solo Ace - Sun Feb 27, 2005 2:34 pm
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Store it as binary?

Maverick - Sun Feb 27, 2005 2:39 pm
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Solo Ace wrote:

Store it as binary?

in a .ini? You show me how

Mine GO BOOM - Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:10 pm
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Maverick wrote:

in a .ini? You show me how :P

fprintf(FILE, "%d\n", ctime_value);

Its only an integer.

Maverick - Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:44 pm
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but how can you get that back into time_t value?

D1st0rt - Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:58 pm
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You can use mktime to turn this tm structure:

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typedef struct {
int tm_hour; /* hour (0 - 23) */
int tm_isdst; /* daylight saving time enabled/disabled */
int tm_mday; /* day of month (1 - 31) */
int tm_min; /* minutes (0 - 59) */
int tm_mon; /* month (0 - 11 : 0 = January) */
int tm_sec; /* seconds (0 - 59) */
int tm_wday; /* Day of week (0 - 6 : 0 = Sunday) */
int tm_yday; /* Day of year (0 - 365) */
int tm_year; /* Year less 1900 */
}

into a time_t

Cyan~Fire - Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:39 pm
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No, just use MGB's way of doing it. That will automatically store it as a time_t.

Maverick - Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:12 am
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OK I will try that.

Thanks for your help, guys

Maverick - Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:34 pm
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OMG you guys are awesome.. IT WORKS!

Woo many thanks

Solo Ace - Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:08 pm
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Meh, whut evar!