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ctime() Function in C/C++
The C library function char *ctime(const time_t *timer) returns a string representing the localtime based on the argument timer.
The returned string has the following format − Www Mmm dd hh:mm:ss yyyy, where Www is the weekday, Mmm the month in letters, dd the day of the month, hh:mm:ss the time, and yyyy the year.
The syntax is like below −
char *ctime(const time_t *timer)
This function takes the pointer to a time_t, which is containing the calendar time. It returns a string containing date, time info in human readable format.
Example
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
int main () {
time_t curtime;
time(&curtime);
printf("Current time = %s", ctime(&curtime));
return(0);
}Output
Current time = Thu May 23 17:18:43 2019
Updated on: 30-Jul-2019
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