const std = @import("std");
const Self = @This();

const time = @cImport({
    @cInclude("time.h");
});

buf: []u8,

pub fn init(self: *Self, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
    self.buf = try alloc.alloc(u8, 64);
    errdefer alloc.free(self.buf);
}

pub fn update(self: *Self) ![]const u8 {
    const tt: time.time_t = time.time(null);
    const tp = time.localtime(&tt);
    const n = time.strftime(
        self.buf.ptr,
        self.buf.len,
        "%c",
        tp,
    );
    return self.buf[0..n];
}

pub fn deinit(self: *Self, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) void {
    alloc.free(self.buf);
}