linux系统对时间函数的操作需要注意的问题

简单点说，就是，在使用gmtime() 和 localtime()操作的时候，不能多次调用这些对struct tm结构体操作的函数，他们不是线程安全的。这些函数返回的指针实际上是指向同一个变量，多次操作会改变对应的struct tm的结构体中的数据。详见man gmtime

程序举例

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

int main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
printf("process begin at \t[%p]\n", (void*)&main);

time_t currentTime;
time(¤tTime);
printf("current time is \t[%d]\n", currentTime);

struct tm *p_stm = gmtime(¤tTime);
printf("address of struct tm *p_stm is \t[%p]. pointer to object is \t[%p]\n", &p_stm, p_stm);
printf("struct tm *p_stm is \t[%d-%.2d-%.2d %.2d:%.2d:%.2d] time_zone is [%s]\n", p_stm->tm_year+1900, p_stm->tm_mon+1, p_stm->tm_mday, p_stm->tm_hour,p_stm->tm_min, p_stm->tm_sec, p_stm->tm_zone);

struct tm *p_stm2 = localtime(¤tTime);
printf("address of struct tm *p_stm2 is \t[%p]. pointer to object is \t[%p]\n", &p_stm2, p_stm2);
printf("struct tm *p_stm2 is \t[%d-%.2d-%.2d %.2d:%.2d:%.2d] time_zone is [%s]\n", p_stm2->tm_year+1900, p_stm2->tm_mon+1, p_stm2->tm_mday, p_stm2->tm_hour,p_stm2->tm_min, p_stm2->tm_sec, p_stm2->tm_zone);

printf("(*p_stm) after calling localtime() is \t[%d-%.2d-%.2d %.2d:%.2d:%.2d] time_zone is [%s]\n", p_stm->tm_year+1900, p_stm->tm_mon+1, p_stm->tm_mday, p_stm->tm_hour,p_stm->tm_min, p_stm->tm_sec, p_stm->tm_zone);

return 0;
}

程序的输出：

process begin at        [0x400594]

current time is         [1498122880]

address of struct tm *p_stm is  [0x7fffb9ebfbb0]. pointer to object is  [0x390f193420]

struct tm *p_stm is     [2017-06-22 09:14:40] time_zone is [GMT]

address of struct tm *p_stm2 is         [0x7fffb9ebfba8]. pointer to object is  [0x390f193420]

struct tm *p_stm2 is    [2017-06-22 17:14:40] time_zone is [CST]

(*p_stm) after calling localtime() is   [2017-06-22 17:14:40] time_zone is [CST]

说明：

根据日志，可以看到，上述程序中的gmtime()和localtime()所返回的结构体的地址是同一个，也就是说，定义的两个指针实际上是指向的同一个对象。当使用localtime()修改了struct tm的结构体指针的时候，gmtime()返回的指针所指向的对象也发生改变。