Get today date in dd/mm/yyyy

#include <time.h>

time_t now = time( &now ) ;
struct tm* local_time = new tm( ) ;
local_time = localtime( &now ) ;
char buffer[20] = { '\0' } ;
strftime( buffer, BUFSIZ, "%d/%m/%Y", local_time ) ;
delete local_time;

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