Name
asctime function — Converts a time to a string
Synopsis
char* asctime(const tm* tmptr)The asctime function
formats the date and time pointed to by tmptr as a character string. It returns a
pointer to a static buffer that is overwritten with each call. (The
static buffer can be shared with ctime.)
The returned value has the format "Ddd Mmm
DD HH:MM:SS YYYY\n" followed by a terminating null
character. Thus, the result always has a length of 25. The day of
the week (Ddd) and month name
(Mmm) are English abbreviations
and are not localized—that is, Monday is represented by "Mon" regardless of locale. The day of the
month (DD) always takes up the
same number of characters, using a leading space if necessary. The
hours (HH), minutes (MM), and seconds (SS) use a leading zero if
necessary.
See Also
ctime function, gmtime function, localtime function, time_put in <locale>
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