From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Getting the year straight!!
Date:	Thu, 16 Jan 1997 18:51:12 -0800
Organization:	Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt
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Master of Zoul wrote:
> 
> Get the system year.
> 
> I am new to C, so I don't understand the time.h file...  :<
> 
> Plz help me out (do not tell me to look at the time.h file, as I
> mentioned before)

You don't want to look at the header file - it's only for experienced
folks.  :)  Just look in the libc documentation.  For example, type the
following words of wisdom from your DOS prompt (this requires that you
have installed 'v2gnu/txi390b.zip'):

  info libc funct time

You'll be treated to a list of all the time-related functions in DJGPP. 
For a brief example of getting the year, look at the following (tested)
program:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <dos.h>

int main( void )
{
    struct date d;

    getdate( &d );
    printf( "The year is %d.\n", d.da_year );

    return 0;
}

That's it!  The rest of the program is left as an exercise for the
reader.  ;)

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