getcurrenttime.c

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

#define TIME_SIZE 100
char * getcurrenttime(){
   char *buffer = malloc(TIME_SIZE);
   struct tm *ts;
   size_t size;
   time_t timestamp = time(NULL);

   ts = localtime(&timestamp);
   size = strftime(buffer, 32, "%a, %d %b %Y %T %z", ts);

   buffer[size] = '\0';
   return buffer; 
}

int main(void){
   char *current_time = getcurrenttime();

   printf("%s\n", current_time);

   return 0;
}