Is there any easy way to get Seconds from a Date/Time string?

[Hoof]

I have 2 strings of the following format that I would like to convert to seconds (since 1900). I need this value to set the t0 on a plot.

Date: "06-30-2014"

Time: "16:06"08"

Is there a CVI function that will do this conversion for me? If not, is there an easy way to do it?

Thanks!

[RobertoBozzolo · Accepted solution]

This code should do what you want:

#include <formatio.h>
#include <ansi_c.h>
static time_t  calt;
static struct  tm tm;
static char    msg[64];
static int     yy, mm, dd, hh, mn, ss;

strcpy (msg, "06-30-2014 16:06:08");

// Extract component from date/time string
Scan (msg, "%d[x]%d[x]%d[x]%d[x]%d[x]%d", &mm, &dd, &yy, &hh, &mn, &ss);

// Transfer components to a tm struct
tm.tm_hour = hh;
tm.tm_min  = mn;
tm.tm_sec  = ss;
tm.tm_year = yy - 1900;
tm.tm_mon  = mm - 1;
tm.tm_mday = dd;

// Obrtain the calendar time
calt = 0;
calt = mktime (&tm);

[Hoof]

Thanks for the help with this.