localtime, localtime_r, localtime_s

Parameters

Return value

Notes

The function localtime may not be thread-safe.

POSIX requires that localtime and localtime_r set errno to EOVERFLOW if it fails because the argument is too large.

POSIX specifies that the timezone information is determined by localtime and localtime_r as if by calling tzset , which reads the environment variable TZ .

The implementation of localtime_s in Microsoft CRT is incompatible with the C standard since it has reversed parameter order and returns errno_t .

Example

#define __STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1__ 1
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE // for putenv
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>   // for putenv
#include <time.h>
 
int main(void)
{
    time_t t = time(NULL);
    printf("UTC:       %s", asctime(gmtime(&t)));
    printf("local:     %s", asctime(localtime(&t)));
    // POSIX-specific
    putenv("TZ=Asia/Singapore");
    printf("Singapore: %s", asctime(localtime(&t)));
 
#ifdef __STDC_LIB_EXT1__
    struct tm buf;
    char str[26];
    asctime_s(str, sizeof str, gmtime_s(&t, &buf));
    printf("UTC:       %s", str);
    asctime_s(str, sizeof str, localtime_s(&t, &buf));
    printf("local:     %s", str);
#endif
}

UTC:       Fri Sep 15 14:22:05 2017
local:     Fri Sep 15 14:22:05 2017
Singapore: Fri Sep 15 22:22:05 2017
UTC:       Fri Sep 15 14:22:05 2017
local:     Fri Sep 15 14:22:05 2017

References

See also