cftime(3)

NAME

cftime, ascftime - convert date and time to string

LIBRARY

Compatibility Library (libcompat, -lcompat)

SYNOPSIS

#include <time.h>
int
cftime(char *s, char *format, const time_t *clock);
int
ascftime(char  *s,  const  char  *format,  const  struct  tm
*tmptr);

DESCRIPTION

The cftime() and ascftime() functions are made obsolete by

strftime(3).

Use of the functions cftime() and ascftime() is strongly

deprecated,
since there is no way to check for a buffer overflow condi

tion. Use
strftime(3) instead.

The ascftime() function is almost identical to strftime(3),

with the only
exception that there is no parameter to tell about the maxi

mal buffer
length, and the format parameter defaults to ``%C'' if a

NULL pointer is
given.

The cftime() function does the same job, but it first in

vokes
localtime(3) in order to convert the given clock, then also

performs the
conversions as requested by the format argument.

RETURN VALUES

The cftime() and ascftime() functions return the number of

characters
written to the output buffer s, not counting the trailing

null character.

SEE ALSO

localtime(3), strftime(3)

BSD June 15, 1993

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