asctime

Syntax

#include <time.h>

char *asctime(const struct tm *tptr);

Description

This function returns an ASCII representation of the time represented by tptr. The string returned is always 26 characters and has this format:

Sun Jan 01 12:34:56 1993\n\0

The string pointed to is in a static buffer and will be overwritten with each call to asctime. The data should be copied if it needs to be preserved.

Return Value

A pointer to the string.

Portability

ANSI, POSIX

Example

time_t now;
time(&now);
printf("The current time is %s", asctime(localtime(&now)));

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