CERT C: Rec. MSC24-C

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

void timecheck_bad(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    time_t ticks; 

    ticks = time(NULL);
    printf("%.24s\r\n", ctime(&ticks)); //Noncompliant
}

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

void timecheck_good(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    char outBuff[1025];
    time_t ticks; 
    struct tm * timeinfo;
    
    memset(outBuff, 0, sizeof(outBuff)); 
    
    ticks = time(NULL);
    timeinfo = localtime(&ticks);
    strftime(outBuff,sizeof(outBuff),"%I:%M%p.",timeinfo);
    fprintf(stdout, outBuff);
}

¹ This software has been created by MathWorks incorporating portions of: the “SEI CERT-C Website,” © 2017 Carnegie Mellon University, the SEI CERT-C++ Web site © 2017 Carnegie Mellon University, ”SEI CERT C Coding Standard – Rules for Developing safe, Reliable and Secure systems – 2016 Edition,” © 2016 Carnegie Mellon University, and “SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard – Rules for Developing safe, Reliable and Secure systems in C++ – 2016 Edition” © 2016 Carnegie Mellon University, with special permission from its Software Engineering Institute.

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