Contents|Index|Previous|Next 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.