formatdate()

formatdate() formats a given timestamp into a human-readable date string based on a specified format.

C

Prototype

char *formatdate(
    time_t t,
    char *bf,
    int bfsize,
    const char *format
);

Parameters

Key	Type	Description
t	time_t	The timestamp to be formatted.
bf	char *	The buffer where the formatted date string will be stored.
bfsize	int	The size of the buffer bf.
format	const char *	The format string specifying the output format of the date.

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Return Value

Returns a pointer to the formatted date string stored in bf.

Notes

[‘If format is NULL or empty, the default format DD/MM/CCYY-W-ZZZ is used.’, ‘Internally, strftime() is used to generate the formatted date string.’, ‘Ensure that bf has enough space to store the formatted string.’]

JS

Prototype

// Not applicable in JS

Python

Prototype

# Not applicable in Python

Examples

C

// TODO C examples

JS

// TODO JS examples

Python

# TODO Python examples