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LETTERctimeULETTER Converts a time value to an ASCII string.

Overview
#include <time.h>

s = ctime(t);

char *s; // pointer to the destination string
const time_t *t;

Portability
ANSI

Description
"ctime" equals "asctime(localtime(t))": it converts a "time_t" value into its ASCII string representation.

Returns
The function returns an ASCII string which will always be exactly 26 chars long. The string will have the form:
"DDD MMM dd hh:mm:ss YYYY\n\0"

DDD is the weekday, MMM the month, dd is the current day in this month, hh:mm:ss stands for Hours:Minutes:Seconds and YYYY is the current year. For example:
"Wed Oct 25 12:05:43 1995\n\0"

The string buffer is shared among the "asctime" and "ctime" functions.

See also
asctime , gmtime , localtime , strftime , time

Example
#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void main(void)
{
time_t t;

time(&t);
printf("The current time is %s", ctime(&t));
}