8.3 ctime—convert time to local and format as string

Synopsis

#include <time.h>
char *ctime(const time_t *clock);
char *ctime_r(const time_t *clock, char *buf);

Description
Convert the time value at clock to local time (like localtime) and format it into a string of the form

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

(like asctime).

Returns
A pointer to the string containing a formatted timestamp.

Portability
ANSI C requires ctime.

ctime requires no supporting OS subroutines.