<P>This module provides routines to format dates into ASCII strings. They
correspond to the C library routines <A HREF="#item_strftime"><CODE>strftime</CODE></A> and <A HREF="#item_ctime"><CODE>ctime</CODE></A>.</P>
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<DT><STRONG><A NAME="item_time2str">time2str(TEMPLATE, TIME [, ZONE])</A></STRONG><BR>
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<A HREF="#item_time2str"><CODE>time2str</CODE></A> converts <CODE>TIME</CODE> into an ASCII string using the conversion
specification given in <CODE>TEMPLATE</CODE>. <CODE>ZONE</CODE> if given specifies the zone
which the output is required to be in, <CODE>ZONE</CODE> defaults to your current zone.
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<DT><STRONG><A NAME="item_strftime">strftime(TEMPLATE, TIME [, ZONE])</A></STRONG><BR>
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<A HREF="#item_strftime"><CODE>strftime</CODE></A> is similar to <A HREF="#item_time2str"><CODE>time2str</CODE></A> with the exception that the time is
passed as an array, such as the array returned by <A HREF="../../../lib/Pod/perlfunc.html#item_localtime"><CODE>localtime</CODE></A>.