/*
# time.c: the current date and time.
# 
# Copyright (C) 1992, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
*/



#include "config.h"
#include "c-time.h"


/* Get the current date and time as a string.  The 26 here is defined in
   the manual page for ctime(3).  */

string
now ()
{
  extern time_t time (long *);
  extern string ctime (time_t *);

  string time_string = xmalloc (26);
  time_t t = time (0);

  strcpy (time_string, ctime (&t));
  time_string[24] = 0;		/* No newline. */

  return time_string;
}