ledger_last_time

Summary. Return the close time of the last closed ledger.

Signature.

int64_t ledger_last_time();

Parameters. None.

Return value. The parent ledger's close time as seconds since the Ripple epoch (view().info().parentCloseTime). Does not return an error.

Common failure patterns. None — a pure accessor.

Caveats / notes.

• The value is in the Ripple epoch (seconds since 2000-01-01 UTC), not the Unix epoch. Use it for on-ledger time comparisons (e.g. escrow/deadline logic), not as a wall-clock timestamp.
• It is the parent (last closed) ledger's time — the in-progress ledger has not closed yet.

Minimal example.

int64_t t = ledger_last_time();

Related APIs. ledger_seq, ledger_last_hash.