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| <h3 class="section">8.3 <code>ctime</code>—convert time to local and format as string</h3> |
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| <p><a name="index-ctime-431"></a><a name="index-ctime_005fr-432"></a><strong>Synopsis</strong> |
| <pre class="example"> #include <time.h> |
| char *ctime(const time_t *<var>clock</var>); |
| char *ctime_r(const time_t *<var>clock</var>, char *<var>buf</var>); |
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| <p><strong>Description</strong><br> |
| Convert the time value at <var>clock</var> to local time (like <code>localtime</code>) |
| and format it into a string of the form |
| <pre class="smallexample"> Wed Jun 15 11:38:07 1988\n\0 |
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| <p>(like <code>asctime</code>). |
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| <strong>Returns</strong><br> |
| A pointer to the string containing a formatted timestamp. |
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| <strong>Portability</strong><br> |
| ANSI C requires <code>ctime</code>. |
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| <p><code>ctime</code> requires no supporting OS subroutines. |
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