asctime()

NAME

asctime() - transform binary date and time value to ASCII

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <time.h>

char * asctime (const struct tm *tm)

DESCRIPTION

The asctime(3) function converts a timer structure tm pointed at by *tm to the form

Thu Nov 24 18:22:48 1986\n\0

External declarations as well as the tm structure definition are in the <time.h> include file. The tm structure includes at least the following fields:

int tm_sec; seconds (0 - 60)
int tm_min; minutes (0 - 59)
int tm_hour; hours (0 - 23)
int tm_mday; day of month (1 - 31)
int tm_mon; month of year (0 - 11)
int tm_year; year - 1900
int tm_wday; day of week (Sunday = 0)
int tm_yday; day of year (0 - 365)
int tm_isdst; is summer time in effect?

SEE ALSO

date(1)

ctime(3)

getenv(3)

gmtime(3)

localtime(3)

time(2)

tzset(3)