* Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
*
* \author John Levon
+ * \author Jürgen Spitzmüller
*
- * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS
+ * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
*/
#ifndef LYXTIME_H
#define LYXTIME_H
#include <time.h>
+#include <string>
+
namespace lyx {
-typedef time_t time_type;
+time_t current_time();
-time_type current_time();
+/** Returns a locale-dependent formatting of the date
+ * and time encoded in \c time. The \p fmt string
+ * holds the formatting arguments of \c strftime.
+ */
+std::string const formatted_time(time_t t, std::string const & fmt);
}; // namespace lyx