How to compare two time stamp in format "Month Date hh:mm:ss" to check +ve or -ve value
Solution 1
FIRST- use difftime to compare:
you can simply use difftime()
function to compare time and return 1
or -1
as follows:
int comparetime(time_t time1,time_t time2){
return difftime(time1,time2) > 0.0 ? 1 : -1;
}
SECOND- Convert string into time:
If you have difficulty to convert string
into time_t
struct, you can use two functions in sequence:
-
char *strptime(const char *buf, const char *format, struct tm *tm);
function. to convert string intostruct tm
Example: to convert date-time string
"Mar 21 11:51:20 AM"
intostruct tm
you need three formate strings:%b : Month name, can be either the full name or an abbreviation
%d : Day of the month [1–31].
%r : Time in AM/PM format of the locale. If not available in the locale time format, defaults to the POSIX time AM/PM format:%I:%M:%S %p
. time_t mktime (struct tm * timeptr);
function to convertstruct tm*
totime_t
Below Is my example program:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
int main(void){
time_t t1, t2;
struct tm *timeptr,tm1, tm2;
char* time1 = "Mar 21 11:51:20 AM";
char* time2 = "Mar 21 10:20:05 AM";
//(1) convert `String to tm`:
if(strptime(time1, "%b %d %r",&tm1) == NULL)
printf("\nstrptime failed\n");
if(strptime(time2, "%b %d %r",&tm2) == NULL)
printf("\nstrptime failed\n");
//(2) convert `tm to time_t`:
t1 = mktime(&tm1);
t2 = mktime(&tm2);
printf("\n t1 > t2 : %d", comparetime(t1, t2));
printf("\n t2 > t1 : %d", comparetime(t2, t1));
printf("\n");
return 1;
}
And it works as you desire:
$ ./a.out
t1 > t2 : 1
t2 > t1 : -1
To calculate difference between two dates read: How do you find the difference between two dates in hours, in C?
Solution 2
Look at strptime()
It converts an ASCII string formatted date/time into a struct tm
user2196448
Updated on July 09, 2022Comments
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user2196448 almost 2 years
I checked the stackoverflow site for my answer, i did not get, so i am posting it here.
My problem is:
How to compare two time stamp in format
"Month Date hh:mm:ss"
?I am writing program in C and C++ and the time is in displayable string format.
Example :
time1 = "Mar 21 11:51:20" time2 = "Mar 21 10:20:05"
I want to compare time1 and tme2 and find out whether
time2
is aftertime1
or not and I need output astrue
orfalse
, like below:if time2 > time1 then i need output as 1 or 0 or -1 anything
I used
difftime(time2,time1)
, but it returns the delta timediff
betweentime1
andtime2
.
I want to check greater or not.For any help, thanks in advance