How to display real time in c++

Question

Can some one tell me how do i display real time in c++. what i mean is that while the program is running you can see the seconds and or minutes counting down like a real clock h

Answer 1

Some basic C++ will come in a long way: www.cplusplus.com

int main ()
{
    time_t rawtime; //creates and object of the built in time function
    struct tm * timeinfo; //no idea what this do

    while (true)
    {
        time( &rawtime ); //gets the time from the computer
        timeinfo = localtime( &rawtime ); //store that time here

        //it displays current date and time except time is frozen and not real time
        cout<< "Current local time and date: "<