ctime example in C

Header file:

    time.h

Synopsis:

     char *ctime(const time_t *tp);

Description:

     It coverts calendar time *tp to local time and returns the time in string format.

ctime function C example:

  #include<stdio.h>
  #include<time.h>
  int main() {
        time_t tp;
        char *str;
        tp = time(NULL);
        str = ctime(&tp);
        printf("%s\n", str);
        return 0;
  }

  Output:

  jp@jp-VirtualBox:~/cpgms/time$ ./a.out
  Sat May  5 23:42:02 2012