◄Summary► ◄Example► ◄Up► ◄Contents► ◄Index► ◄Back► ─────Run-Time Library─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The strftime function formats the tm time value in <timeptr> according to the supplied format argument, and stores the result in the buffer <string>. At most, <maxsize> characters are placed in the string. The <format> consists of one or more of the codes; as in printf, the formatting codes are preceded by a % sign. Characters that do not begin with a % sign are copied unchanged to <string>. The LC_TIME category of the current locale affects the output formatting of strftime. The formatting codes for strftime are listed below: Format Description %a Abbreviated weekday name %A Full weekday name %b Abbreviated month name %B Full month name %c Date and time representation appropriate for the locale %d Day of the month as a decimal number (01-31) %H Hour in 24-hour format (00-23) %I Hour in 12-hour format (01-12) %j Day of the year as a decimal number (001-366) %m Month as a decimal number (01-12) %M Minute as a decimal number (00-59) %p Current locale's AM/PM indicator for a 12-hour clock %S Second as a decimal number (00-59) %U Week of the year as a decimal number; with Sunday as the first day of the week (00-51) %w Weekday as a decimal number (0-6; Sunday is 0) %W Week of the year as a decimal number; with Monday as the first day of the week (00-51) %x Date representation for current locale %X Time representation for current locale %y Year without the century as a decimal number (00-99) %Y Year with the century as a decimal number %z Time zone name or abbreviation; no characters if time zone is unknown %% Percent sign Return Value The strftime function returns the number of characters placed in <string> if the total number of resulting characters (including the terminating null) is not more than <maxsize>. Otherwise, strftime returns 0, and the contents of the string are indeterminate. -♦-