Wrong conversion of time_t to char

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I have a simple sample of code that i want to convent a time_t to char array in order to concatenate it after, in an other array.
Code:



time_t unixt;
char exm [40];


unixt = RTC.get();
Serial.println(unixt);
dtostrf(unixt, 10, 0, exm);
Serial.println(exm);


The problem that i face is that, the console is printing different the second one every time like this:



1548258220
1548258200


I tried also with unsigned long with no result either. Can someone point me what's wrong or an other way of doing this?










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    I have a simple sample of code that i want to convent a time_t to char array in order to concatenate it after, in an other array.
    Code:



    time_t unixt;
    char exm [40];


    unixt = RTC.get();
    Serial.println(unixt);
    dtostrf(unixt, 10, 0, exm);
    Serial.println(exm);


    The problem that i face is that, the console is printing different the second one every time like this:



    1548258220
    1548258200


    I tried also with unsigned long with no result either. Can someone point me what's wrong or an other way of doing this?










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      I have a simple sample of code that i want to convent a time_t to char array in order to concatenate it after, in an other array.
      Code:



      time_t unixt;
      char exm [40];


      unixt = RTC.get();
      Serial.println(unixt);
      dtostrf(unixt, 10, 0, exm);
      Serial.println(exm);


      The problem that i face is that, the console is printing different the second one every time like this:



      1548258220
      1548258200


      I tried also with unsigned long with no result either. Can someone point me what's wrong or an other way of doing this?










      share|improve this question
















      I have a simple sample of code that i want to convent a time_t to char array in order to concatenate it after, in an other array.
      Code:



      time_t unixt;
      char exm [40];


      unixt = RTC.get();
      Serial.println(unixt);
      dtostrf(unixt, 10, 0, exm);
      Serial.println(exm);


      The problem that i face is that, the console is printing different the second one every time like this:



      1548258220
      1548258200


      I tried also with unsigned long with no result either. Can someone point me what's wrong or an other way of doing this?







      arduino-mega






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      edited Jan 23 at 13:59









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      asked Jan 23 at 13:56









      kakaviakakavia

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          Use ultoa() instead of dtostrf(). The former is meant to serialize
          unsigned long integers, while the later is for floating point numbers.
          By using dtostrf(), you are implicitly converting unixt to a
          floating point number. The Arduino Mega only supports single precision
          floating point, so this conversion incurs some loss of precision, hence
          the result you see.






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          • Thanks a lot! That was exactly what i needed.

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          Use ultoa() instead of dtostrf(). The former is meant to serialize
          unsigned long integers, while the later is for floating point numbers.
          By using dtostrf(), you are implicitly converting unixt to a
          floating point number. The Arduino Mega only supports single precision
          floating point, so this conversion incurs some loss of precision, hence
          the result you see.






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          • Thanks a lot! That was exactly what i needed.

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            Jan 23 at 14:39















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          Use ultoa() instead of dtostrf(). The former is meant to serialize
          unsigned long integers, while the later is for floating point numbers.
          By using dtostrf(), you are implicitly converting unixt to a
          floating point number. The Arduino Mega only supports single precision
          floating point, so this conversion incurs some loss of precision, hence
          the result you see.






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          • Thanks a lot! That was exactly what i needed.

            – kakavia
            Jan 23 at 14:39













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          Use ultoa() instead of dtostrf(). The former is meant to serialize
          unsigned long integers, while the later is for floating point numbers.
          By using dtostrf(), you are implicitly converting unixt to a
          floating point number. The Arduino Mega only supports single precision
          floating point, so this conversion incurs some loss of precision, hence
          the result you see.






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          Use ultoa() instead of dtostrf(). The former is meant to serialize
          unsigned long integers, while the later is for floating point numbers.
          By using dtostrf(), you are implicitly converting unixt to a
          floating point number. The Arduino Mega only supports single precision
          floating point, so this conversion incurs some loss of precision, hence
          the result you see.







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          • Thanks a lot! That was exactly what i needed.

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          • Thanks a lot! That was exactly what i needed.

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          Thanks a lot! That was exactly what i needed.

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          Jan 23 at 14:39





          Thanks a lot! That was exactly what i needed.

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