#define _XOPEN_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <utime.h>

main()
{
        time_t currenttime;
        time(&currenttime);

        struct tm* comparetime;

        char starttime_input[64] = "10:49";
        char stoptime_input[64] = "20:49";

        localtime_r(&currenttime, comparetime);
        printf("current time is: %s\n", asctime(comparetime));
}