Rethinking C's Time API: A Modern Approach

C's time API is notorious for its legacy cruft and poor design choices. This article showcases the issues with a simple example of printing the current time, highlighting clunky functions and limitations. A proposed alternative utilizes cleaner data structures, nanosecond precision with floating-point representation, and streamlined timezone handling and formatting. While not intended for widespread immediate adoption, this proof-of-concept demonstrates a path toward a more modern and efficient C time library, offering valuable insights for other language's time API design.