Are the time functions of MSVC thread-safe?

Question

In case of Linux, for time functions we have a _r versions Ex: localtime has localtime_r, but in Windows I am unable to find some such functions. Are the Windows time functi

Answer 1

On windows the non-_r functions are thread safe because they use thread-local storage for the buffer. See e.g. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bf12f0hc(VS.80).aspx