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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 19:46:37 -0600
From: bowman <bowman AT montana DOT com>
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Subject: Re: newbie: strftime
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tonyblaha AT juno DOT com wrote:
> 
> I'm having trouble with the strftime() function in time.h.
> I've copied the example directly from libc.inf:
> But I can't get it to work.

The example is a little confusing, in that is doesn't mention that t
needs to be filled out.

time_t current_time;
struct tm* t;
char buf[100];


current_time = time(NULL);		// get the current system time
t = localtime(&current_time);		// adjust for local parameters
strftime(buf, 100, "%B %d, %Y", &t);	// format it to your taste
puts(buf);				// and print it


note that 'localtime' or 'gmtime' return a pointer to a static buffer
that they maintain.