C strftime() function

C strftime() function

C time strtime() function is used to format the time represented in the structure timeptr according to the formatting rules defined in format and stored into str. It takes 4 arguments: str, count, format and time.

size_t strftime(char *str, size_t maxsize, const char *format, const struct tm *timeptr)

Parameter Values

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
int main () 
{
time_t rawtime;
struct tm *info;
char buffer[80];
time( &rawtime );
info = localtime( &rawtime );
strftime(buffer,80,"%x - %I:%M%p", info);
printf("Formatted date & time : |%s|\n", buffer );
return(0);
}