Converting epoch time to “real” date/time

Question

What I want to do is convert an epoch time (seconds since midnight 1/1/1970) to \"real\" time (m/d/y h:m:s)

So far, I have the following algorithm, which to me feels

Answer 1

This code might help you.

#include 
#include 

using namespace std;

int main() {
   // current date/time based on current system
   time_t now = time(0);
   
   // convert now to string form
   char* dt = ctime(&now);

   cout << "The local date and time is: " << dt << endl;

   // convert now to tm struct for UTC
   tm *gmtm = gmtime(&now);
   dt = asctime(gmtm);
   cout << "The UTC date and time is:"<< dt << endl;
}