"Sun Dec 09 2012" to date

gistfile1.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

main(){
    char* date = "Sun Dec 09 2012";
    struct tm tm = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ,0, 0};
    strptime(date, "%a %b %d %Y", &tm);
    time_t t = mktime(&tm);
    printf("%d", t);
}