Use the mktime(3)
function. For example:
struct tm t = {0}; // Initalize to all 0's
t.tm_year = 112; // This is year-1900, so 112 = 2012
t.tm_mon = 8;
t.tm_mday = 15;
t.tm_hour = 21;
t.tm_min = 54;
t.tm_sec = 13;
time_t timeSinceEpoch = mktime(&t);
// Result: 1347764053