strftime

Purpose: Format a time value. The format parameter must denote a string. If the format parameter is not given, it defaults to "%c". The time parameter must denote an object containing the broken down time as returned by localtime() or gmtime(). The structure of a broken down time object is described in localtime().

Return Values: Returns a string that is the result of formatting the time parameter with the format parameter.

The format string consists of zero or more conversion specifications and ordinary characters. A conversion specification consists of a '%' (percent) character followed by a character that determines the specification's behavior. Ordinary characters are copied unchanged into the result string. Each conversion specification is replaced by appropriate characters as described in the following list.

conversion	replacement
%%	percent character
%a	abbreviated weekday name
%A	full weekday name
%b	abbreviated month name
%B	full month name
%c	default date and time representation
%d	day of month, two digits 01-31
%H	hour, two digits 00-23
%I	hour, two digits 01-12
%j	day of the year, three digits 001-366
%m	month number, two digits 01,12
%M	minute, two digits 00-59
%p	a.m. or p.m. designation of the 12-hour clock
%S	second, two digits 00-61.
%U	week number of the year (the first Sunday as the first day of week 1), two digits 00-53
%w	weekday number, 0-6, Sunday is 0
%W	week number of the year (the first Monday as the first day of week 1), two digits 00-53
%x	default date representation
%X	default time representation
%y	year within century, two digits 00-99
%Y	year with century
%Z	time zone name or abbreviation, or nothing if time zone is unknown

Example:

heitml input:	resulting output:
<? strftime ("%A %b %d %j %H:%M", localtime(caltime()))>	Friday Jan 09 009 16:43
<? strftime ("%A %b %d %j %H:%M", gmtime(caltime()))>	Friday Jan 09 009 22:43

See Also: caltime(), gmtime(), localtime() mktime().