time_t seconds;
time(&seconds);
cout << seconds << endl;
This gives me a timestamp. How can I get that epoch date into a string?
std::string s = seconds;
does not work
Try std::stringstream.
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
std::stringstream ss;
ss << seconds;
std::string ts = ss.str();
A nice wrapper around the above technique is Boost's lexical_cast:
#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
#include <string>
std::string ts = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(seconds);
And for questions like this, I'm fond of linking The String Formatters of Manor Farm by Herb Sutter.
UPDATE:
With C++11, use to_string().
Try this if you want to have the time in a readable string:
#include <ctime>
std::time_t now = std::time(NULL);
std::tm * ptm = std::localtime(&now);
char buffer[32];
// Format: Mo, 15.06.2009 20:20:00
std::strftime(buffer, 32, "%a, %d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S", ptm);
For further reference of strftime() check out cppreference.com