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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
asctime formats the time value at clock into a string of the following 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.

COMPLIANCE
ANSI C requires asctime.

Asctime requires no supporting OS subroutines.