#include time_t mktime (struct tm * timeptr) { // int utcdiff = -3; const int mon_days [] = {31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31}; unsigned long int tyears, tdays, leaps, utc_hrs; int i; tyears = timeptr->tm_year - 70 ;// tm->tm_year is from 1900. leaps = (tyears + 2) / 4; // no of next two lines until year 2100. i = (timeptr->tm_year - 100) / 100; leaps -= ( (i/4)*3 + i%4 ); tdays = 0; for (i=0; i < timeptr->tm_mon; i++) tdays += mon_days[i]; tdays += timeptr->tm_mday-1; // days of month passed. tdays = tdays + (tyears * 365) + leaps; // utc_hrs = timeptr->tm_hour + utcdiff; // for your time zone. return (tdays * 86400) + (timeptr->tm_hour * 3600) + (timeptr->tm_min * 60) + timeptr->tm_sec; }