How do I get the unix timestamp in C as an int?

Question

I would like to get a current timestamp and print it out using the fprintf

Answer 1

For the 32-bit systems:

fprintf(stdout, "%u\n", (unsigned)time(NULL)); 

For the 64-bit systems:

fprintf(stdout, "%lu\n", (unsigned long)time(NULL)); 

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