asctime function returns time in string

Syntax

C asctime function has the following syntax.

Header

C asctime function is from header file time.h.

Description

C asctime function returns a string for tm in the following form:

For example:

Example

Use C asctime function to get current time in string type.

#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
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int main(void)
{
  struct tm *ptr;
  time_t lt;

  lt = time(NULL);
  ptr = localtime(&lt);
  printf(asctime(ptr));

  return 0;
}

The code above generates the following result.