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BSON_APPEND_NOW_UTC(3) Library Functions Manual BSON_APPEND_NOW_UTC(3)

NAME

bson_append_now_utc() - The bson_append_now_utc() function is a helper to get the current date and time in UTC and append it to bson as a BSON_TYPE_DATE_TIME element.

SYNOPSIS



bool
bson_append_now_utc (bson_t     *bson,
                     const char *key,
                     int         key_length);

PARAMETERS

bson
A bson_t
key
An ASCII C string containing the name of the field.
key_length
The length of key in bytes, or ‐1 to determine the length with strlen(3)

DESCRIPTION

The bson_append_now_utc(3) function is a helper to get the current date and time in UTC and append it to bson as a BSON_TYPE_DATE_TIME element.

This function calls bson_append_date_time(3) internally.

RETURNS

true if the operation was applied successfully, otherwise false and bson should be discarded.

COLOPHON

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2016‐10‐12 libbson