NAME¶

std::gmtime - std::gmtime

Synopsis¶

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

Converts given time since epoch as std::time_t value into calendar time, expressed
in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Parameters¶

time - pointer to a time_t object to convert

Return value¶

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

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.

Example¶

// Run this code

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

int main()
{
setenv("TZ", "/usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London", 1); // POSIX-specific

std::tm tm{}; // get_time does not set all fields hence {}
tm.tm_year = 2020 - 1900; // 2020
tm.tm_mon = 7 - 1; // July
tm.tm_mday = 15; // 15th
tm.tm_hour = 10;
tm.tm_min = 15;
tm.tm_isdst = 1; // Daylight saving in London
std::time_t t = std::mktime(&tm);

std::cout << "UTC: " << std::put_time(std::gmtime(&t), "%c %Z") << '\n';
std::cout << "local: " << std::put_time(std::localtime(&t), "%c %Z") << '\n';
}

Possible output:¶

UTC: Wed Jul 15 09:15:00 2020 GMT
local: Wed Jul 15 10:15:00 2020 BST

See also¶

localtime converts time since epoch to calendar time expressed as local time
(function)
C documentation for
gmtime