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# std::localtime

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< cpp‎ | chrono‎ | c

Defined in header `<ctime>` |  |
std::tm* localtime( const std::time_t *time ); |  |

Converts given time since epoch as std::time_t value into calendar time, expressed in local time.

### [edit] Parameters

time | - | pointer to a time_t object to convert

### [edit] Return value

pointer to a static internal std::tm object on success, or NULL otherwise. The structure may be shared between std::gmtime, std::localtime, and std::ctime, and may be overwritten on each invocation.

### [edit] Notes

This function may not be thread-safe.

POSIX requires that this function sets errno to EOVERFLOW if it fails because the argument is too large.

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <iomanip>
    #include <ctime>

    int main()
    {
        std::time_t t = std::time(nullptr);
        std::cout << "UTC:   " << std::put_time(std::gmtime(&t), "%c %Z") << '\n';
        std::cout << "local: " << std::put_time(std::localtime(&t), "%c %Z") << '\n';
    }

Output:

    UTC:   Wed Dec 28 11:47:03 2011 GMT
    local: Wed Dec 28 06:47:03 2011 EST

### [edit] See also

gmtime | converts time since epoch to calendar time expressed as Universal Coordinated Time (function) [edit]
C documentation for localtime

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