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+/* PSPP - computes sample statistics.
+ Copyright (C) 1997-9, 2000, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Written by Ben Pfaff <blp@gnu.org>.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include "start-date.h"
+#include <time.h>
+#include "str.h"
+#include "strftime.h"
+
+/* Writes the current date into CUR_DATE in the format DD MMM
+ YYYY. */
+static void
+get_cur_date (char cur_date[12])
+{
+ time_t now = time (NULL);
+ if (now != (time_t) -1)
+ {
+ struct tm *tm = localtime (&now);
+ if (tm != NULL)
+ {
+ strftime (cur_date, 12, "%d %b %Y", tm);
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+ strcpy (cur_date, "?? ??? 2???");
+}
+
+/* Returns the date at which PSPP was started, as a string in the
+ format DD MMM YYYY. */
+const char *
+get_start_date (void)
+{
+ static char start_date[12];
+ if (start_date[0] == '\0')
+ get_cur_date (start_date);
+ return start_date;
+}