Does memory for localtime need to be deallocated?

Question

void log(){
    time_t current = time(0);
    tm *ptm = localtime(¤t);
        stuf...
}

Just want to be sure - do i need to release tm point

Answer 1

No you should not deallocate it,the structure is statically allocated.

Check the documentation:

Return value
pointer to a static internal std::tm object on success, or NULL otherwise. The structure may be shared between std::gmtime, std::localtime, and std::ctime, and may be overwritten on each invocation.