C Library Functions -ctime()
Description
C Library Functionschar *ctime(const time_t *timer)Returns a string representing the local time, which is based on the parametertimer。
The format of the returned string is as follows:Www Mmm dd hh:mm:ss yyyywhere,WwwIndicates the day of the week,MmmIt is the month represented by letters,ddIt indicates the day of the month,hh:mm:ssrepresents time,yyyyrepresents the year.
Declaration
The following is the declaration of the ctime() function.
char *ctime(const time_t *timer)
Parameter
- timer-- This is a pointer to a time_t object, which contains a calendar time.
Return Value
The function returns a C string that contains date and time information in a readable format.
Example
The following example demonstrates the usage of the ctime() function.
Example
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
int main ()
{
time_t curtime;
time(&curtime);
printf("Current time = %s", ctime(&curtime));
return(0);
}
Let us compile and run the above program, which will produce the following result:
当前时间 = Mon Aug 13 08:23:14 2012other extensions