Question

I have this code for create timestamp:
the code is in C.

void timestamp()
{
    time_t ltime; /* calendar time */
    ltime=time(NULL); /* get current cal time */
    printf("%s Something\n",asctime( localtime(&ltime) ) );
}

why is the text “Something” on the next line? What can I do to have it on same line?
I’m confused because I don’t have \n after %s, so it should be on same line, but it isn’t.
Thx.

Answer 1

The asctime specification (C99 §7.23.3.1/2) reads as follows:

#include <time.h>
char *asctime(const struct tm *timeptr);

The asctime function converts the broken-down time in the structure pointed to by
timeptr into a string in the form

Sun Sep 16 01:03:52 1973\n\0

Note the newline character at the end of the time.

If you do not want the time followed by a newline, you need to remove the newline yourself or use another library function, like strftime.