TIMESTAMP
Print a Timestamp

TIMESTAMP is a C library which can print or return the current YMDHMS date as a timestamp.

This is useful when documenting the run of a program. By including a timestamp, the output of the program will always contain a clear indication of when it was created. Other indicators, such as the file timestamp, may be misleading or subject to unintentional modification.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

TIMESTAMP is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a JAVA version and a Julia version and a Mathematica version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

TIMER, C programs which demonstrate how to compute CPU time or elapsed time.

WTIME, a C library which returns a reading of the wall clock time in seconds.

Source Code:

• timestamp.c, the source code.
• timestamp.h, the include file.

Examples and Tests:

• timestamp_test.c, a sample calling program.
• timestamp_test.txt, the output file.

List of Routines:

• CPU_TIME returns the current reading on the CPU clock.
• TIME_NUMBERS returns the data as a string of integers.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.
• TIMESTRING returns the current YMDHMS date as a string.

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