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strftime
Syntax
Format Time
#include
<time.h>
size_t
*strftime(s, maxsize, format, timeptr)
char
*s, *format;
size-t
maxsize;
struct tm
*timeptr;
Defined in
strftime. c in rts. src
Description
The strftime function formats a time (pointed to by timeptr) according
to a format string, and returns the formatted time in the string s. Up to
maxsize characters can be written to s. The format parameter is a string
of characters that tells the strftime function how to format the time; the
following list shows the valid characters and describes what each character
expands to.
6-72
Character is replaced by ...
%a
the locale's abbreviated weekday name
%A
the locale's full weekday name
%b
the locale's abbreviated month name
%8
the locale's full month name
%c
the locale's appropriate date and time representation
%d
the day of the month as a decimal number (0-31)
%H
the hour (24- hour clock) as a decimal number (00-23)
%1
the hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (01-12)
%j
the day of the year as a decimal number (001-366)
%m
the month as a decimal number (01-12)
%M
the minute as a decimal number (00-59)
%p
the locale's equivalent of either
AM
or
PM
%5
the second as a decimal number (00-50)
%U
the week number of the year (Sunday is the first day of the week)
%x
%X
%y
%y
%Z
%%
as a decimal number (00-52)
the locale's appropriate date representation
the locale's appropriate time representation
the year without century as a decimal number (00-99)
the year with century as a decimal number
the time zone name, or by no characters if no time zone exists
%
For more information about the functions and types that the
time. h
header declares, see Section 6.1.10 on page 6-7.
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