Retrieves the current system date and time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format.
To retrieve the current system date and time in local time, use the GetLocalTime function.
Syntaxvoid GetSystemTime(
[out] LPSYSTEMTIME lpSystemTime
);
Parameters
[out] lpSystemTime
A pointer to a SYSTEMTIME structure to receive the current system date and time. The lpSystemTime parameter must not be NULL. Using NULL will result in an access violation.
Return valueNone
To set the current system date and time, use the SetSystemTime function.
Examples#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
SYSTEMTIME st, lt;
GetSystemTime(&st);
GetLocalTime(<);
printf("The system time is: %02d:%02d\n", st.wHour, st.wMinute);
printf(" The local time is: %02d:%02d\n", lt.wHour, lt.wMinute);
}
// Sample output
The system time is: 19:34
The local time is: 12:34
For more information about this example, see SYSTEMTIME.
Requirements Requirement Value Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps | UWP apps] Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps | UWP apps] Target Platform Windows Header sysinfoapi.h (include Windows.h) Library Kernel32.lib DLL Kernel32.dll See also Additional resources Additional resources In this articleRetroSearch is an open source project built by @garambo | Open a GitHub Issue
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