strftime

Converts the date and time information from a given calendar time tp to a null-terminated multibyte character string str according to format string format . Up to count bytes are written.

Parameters

Format string

The format string consists of zero or more conversion specifiers and ordinary characters (except % ). All ordinary characters, including the terminating null character, are copied to the output string without modification. Each conversion specification begins with % character, optionally followed by E or O modifier (ignored if unsupported by the locale), followed by the character that determines the behavior of the specifier. The following format specifiers are available:

Return value

The number of bytes written into the character array pointed to by str not including the terminating ' \0 ' on success. If count was reached before the entire string could be stored, ​ 0 ​ is returned and the contents are indeterminate.

Example

#include <locale.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
 
int main(void)
{
    char buff[70];
    struct tm my_time = { .tm_year=112, // = year 2012
                          .tm_mon=9,    // = 10th month
                          .tm_mday=9,   // = 9th day
                          .tm_hour=8,   // = 8 hours
                          .tm_min=10,   // = 10 minutes
                          .tm_sec=20    // = 20 secs
    };
 
    if (strftime(buff, sizeof buff, "%A %c", &my_time))
        puts(buff);
    else
        puts("strftime failed");
 
    setlocale(LC_TIME, "el_GR.utf8");
 
    if (strftime(buff, sizeof buff, "%A %c", &my_time))
        puts(buff);
    else
        puts("strftime failed");
}

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