C Time Functions - C ctime

Converts a time value to string in the same format as asctime.

Prototype

char* ctime (const time_t * timer);

Parameter

This function has the following parameter.

timer: Pointer to an object of type time_t that contains a time value.

Return

C string containing the date and time information in a human-readable format.

The resulting string has the following format: Www Mmm dd hh:mm:ss yyyy

Www - the day of the week (one of Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun).
Mmm - the month (one of Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec).
dd - the day of the month
hh - hours
mm - minutes
ss - seconds
yyyy - years

Example


#include <stdio.h> /* printf */
#include <time.h> /* time_t, time, ctime */
/* w w w  . j  a v  a  2  s .c o m*/
int main ()
{
  time_t rawtime;

  time (&rawtime);
  printf ("The current local time is: %s", ctime (&rawtime));

  return 0;
}

The code above generates the following result.

Example 2


#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main(void)
{
    time_t result = time(NULL);
    printf("%s", ctime(&result));
 
}

The code above generates the following result.