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# asctime

Date and Time Functions

Converts time from a structure to a string.

    char *asctime( const struct tm *tmTime);

tmTime | A time structure.

Under Linux, asctime is not thread-safe. Use asctime_r, instead. Refer to your platform-specific documentation for details.

## Return Values

A pointer to the string containing the date and time information in readable format.

## Example

The following example gets the time as a time_t structure and converts it to a tm structure, gmt, in Coordinated Universal Time. asctime then takes gmt and converts it to a string.

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        #include <time.h>
        time_t t;
        struct tm *gmt;
        time(&t);
        gmt = (struct tm *)gmtime(&t);
        lr_message ("Coordinated universal time:\t\t%s", asctime(gmt));

    Example:
    				Output:
    Coordinated universal time:        Sun Apr 21 15:31:06 2002

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