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Merl
Merl

Reputation: 131

gmtime returning incorrect hour

I am retrieving the GMT time in c++/c. But its returning the incorrect hour. For example right now the hour should be 9am but the struct tm object returns 3am. Any idea why or what I am doing wrong?

time_t rawtime;
struct tm* ptm;
time(&rawtime);
ptm = gmtime(&rawtime);

std::stringstream ss;
ss << ptm->tm_hour; // outputs "3" when it should be "9"

gmtime should always return the UTC/GMT time regardless of where the user is or what timezone setting they have right?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1543

Answers (1)

Lightness Races in Orbit
Lightness Races in Orbit

Reputation: 385274

gmtime should always return the UTC/GMT time regardless of where the user is or what timezone setting they have right?

Yes, as long as their computer clock is set correctly.

Evidently yours is not.

Upvotes: 1

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