casting SysTime to ubyte[]

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 1/12/15 8:59 AM, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
> import std.datetime;
> import std.stdio;
> import std.conv;
>
> void main(string[] arg)
> {
>      auto a=Clock.currTime();
>      auto b=cast(ubyte[])a;
>      writefln("%s",b);
> }
>
> how do i get the time as a binary representation I can write to a file?

You can always cast one pointer to another without complaint:

(cast(ubyte *)&a)[0..a.sizeof];

-Steve