How to get current hour (time of day) in linux kernel space

Question

I\'m writing a kernel module that checks to see if the time is between two specified hours, and disables input if it is. This has to do with me wanting to make sure I go to

Answer 1

Converting the do_gettimeofday result to an hour is pretty simple, since it starts at midnight GMT.

time_t t = time(0);
time_t SecondsOfDay = t % (24*60*60);
time_t HourGMT = SecondsOfDay / (60*60);

Then adjust for your local timezone