bson_append_now_utc()

Synopsis

bool
bson_append_now_utc (bson_t     *bson,
                     const char *key,
                     int         key_length);

Parameters

bson

A bson_t.

key

An ASCII C string containing the name of the field.

key_length

The length of key in bytes, or -1 to determine the length with strlen().

Description

The bson_append_now_utc() function is a helper to get the current date and time in UTC and append it to bson as a BSON_TYPE_DATE_TIME element.

This function calls bson_append_date_time() internally.

Returns

true if the operation was applied successfully, otherwise false and bson should be discarded.