Syntax:

    #include <ctime>
    time_t time( time_t *time );

The function time() returns the current time, or -1 if there is an error. If the argument 'time' is given, then the current time is stored in 'time'.

Related Topics: asctime, clock, ctime, difftime, gmtime, localtime, mktime, (Other Standard C Functions) srand, strftime