UTdate
Routine
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char *UTdate (int format)
Purpose
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Return a date/time string for the current time
Description
This routine returns a date/time string in a number of standard formats.
Formats 0, 1 and 2 are in local time. Format 3 gives the date and time in
GMT (Universal Coordinated Time).
Format 0 is the standard C-language format (without the trailing newline
character). Format 1 includes the time zone abbreviation. Formats 0 and 1
use abbreviations for the day of the week and the month. Formats 2 and 3
avoid language dependent names (except for the time-zone code).
Format Example time zone typical length
0 Sun Sep 16 01:03:52 1973 local time 24 + null
1 Sun Sep 16 01:03:52 EST 1973 local time 28* + null
2 1994-01-23 09:59:53 EST local time 23* + null
3 1994-01-23 14:59:53 UTC GMT 23 + null
(*) the time zone length can vary
Parameters
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<- char *UTdate
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Pointer to a character string for the date and time. This is a pointer
to an internal static storage area; each call to this routine overlays
this storage.
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-> int format
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Date / time format code, taking on values from 0 to 3
Author / revision
P. Kabal
/ Revision 1.17 2003/05/09
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