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<h2><a name="asctime" id="asctime">asctime</a></h2>
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Syntax:
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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;">    <span class="co2">#include &lt;ctime&gt;</span>
    <span class="kw4">char</span> <span class="sy0">*</span>asctime<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="kw4">struct</span> tm <span class="sy0">*</span>ptr <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre>
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The function asctime() converts the time in the struct &#039;ptr&#039; to a character
string of the following format:
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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;">     day month date hours<span class="sy0">:</span>minutes<span class="sy0">:</span>seconds year</pre>
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An example:
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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;">     Mon Jun <span class="nu0">26</span> <span class="nu0">12</span><span class="sy0">:</span>03<span class="sy0">:</span><span class="nu0">53</span> <span class="nu0">2000</span></pre>
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