On 20Dec2020 16:31, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >I just want to read the time back from the system. Then you want time(2). From "man 2 time": NAME time - get time in seconds SYNOPSIS #include <time.h> time_t time(time_t *tloc); DESCRIPTION time() returns the time as the number of seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). If tloc is non-NULL, the return value is also stored in the memory pointed to by tloc. Cheers, Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx