8.1 asctime—format time as string

Synopsis

#include <time.h>
char *asctime(const struct tm *clock);
char *_asctime_r(const struct tm *clock, char *buf);

Description
Format the time value at clock into a string of the form

 Wed Jun 15 11:38:07 1988\n\0

The string is generated in a static buffer; each call to asctime overwrites the string generated by previous calls.

Returns
A pointer to the string containing a formatted timestamp.

Portability
ANSI C requires asctime.

asctime requires no supporting OS subroutines.