How to get current time and date in C++?

Question

Is there a cross-platform way to get the current date and time in C++?

Answer 1

you could use C++ 11 time class:

    #include 
    #include 
    using namespace std;

    int main() {

       time_t now = chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(chrono::system_clock::now());
       cout << put_time(localtime(&now), "%F %T") <<  endl;
      return 0;
     }

out put:

2017-08-25 12:30:08