The following example prints out the current time in both local time and GMT time. utc_t now; struct tm tmlocal, tmgmt; long tzoffset; int tzdaylight; char tzlocal[80], tzgmt[80]; /* * Get the current time once, so both conversions use the same * time... */ utc_gettime(&now); /* * Convert to local time, using the process TZ environment * variable... */ utc_localtime(&tmlocal, /* Out: Local time tm structure */ (long *)0, /* Out: Nanosec of time */ (struct tm *)0, /* Out: Inaccuracy tm structure */ (long *)0, /* Out: Nanosec of inaccuracy */ &now); /* In: Current binary timestamp */ /* * Get the local time zone name, offset from GMT, and current * daylight savings flag... */ utc_localzone(tzlocal, /* Out: Local time zone name */ 80, /* In: Length of loc time zone name */ &tzoffset, /* Out: Loc time zone offset in secs */ &tzdaylight, /* Out: Local time zone daylight flag */ &now); /* In: Current binary timestamp */ /* * Convert to GMT... */ utc_gmtime(&tmgmt, /* Out: GMT tm structure */ (long *)0, /* Out: Nanoseconds of time */ (struct tm *)0, /* Out: Inaccuracy tm structure */ (long *)0, /* Out: Nanoseconds of inaccuracy */ &now); /* In: Current binary timestamp */ /* * Get the GMT time zone name... */ utc_gmtzone(tzgmt, /* Out: GMT time zone name */ 80, /* In: Size of GMT time zone name */ (long *)0, /* Out: GMT time zone offset in secs */ (int *)0, /* Out: GMT time zone daylight flag */ &now); /* In: Current binary timestamp */ /* * Print out times and time zone information in the following * format: * * 12:00:37 (EDT) = 16:00:37 (GMT) * EDT is -240 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. * Daylight savings time is in effect. */ printf("%d:%02d:%02d (%s) = %d:%02d:%02d (%s)\n", tmlocal.tm_hour, tmlocal.tm_min, tmlocal.tm_sec, tzlocal, tmgmt.tm_hour, tmgmt.tm_min, tmgmt.tm_sec, tzgmt); printf("%s is %d minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time\n", tzlocal, tzoffset/60); if (tzdaylight != 0) printf("Daylight savings time is in effect\n");