NAME

       bson_append_now_utc()  - 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.

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(3) \&.

DESCRIPTION

       The bson_append_now_utc(3) 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(3) internally.

RETURNS

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

COLOPHON

       This    page    is    part    of    libbson.     Please     report     any     bugs     at
       https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER.