I have a epoch in double and need to pass in to a function that takes time_t. How do I convert the epoch in double to time_t? I am on Linux with C++ code. Thanks.
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A:
If you have the epoch in double
, shouldn't this work?
time_t t = static_cast<time_t>(epoch_time);
Assuming you mean that the epoch is the
number of seconds elapsed since 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time.
Jacob
2010-07-09 20:02:45
00:00:00 Jan 1 1970 UCT *is* the UNIX epoch, which is a fixed reference instant in time. The number of seconds *since* the epoch is a time and is not itself an epoch.
Jason S
2010-07-09 20:21:41