Header File 

time.h  

Category 

Conversion Routines, Time and Date Routines 

Prototype 

char *_strdate(char *buf); 

wchar_t *_wstrdate(wchar_t *buf); 

Description 

Converts current date to string. 

_strdate converts the current date to a string, storing the string in the buffer buf. The buffer must be at least 9 characters long. 

The string has the form MM/DD/YY where MM, DD, and YY are all two-digit numbers representing the month, day, and year. The string is terminated by a null character. 

Return Value 

_strdate returns buf, the address of the date string. 

Example  

#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
void main(void)
{
  char datebuf[9];
  char timebuf[9];
  _strdate(datebuf);
  _strtime(timebuf);
  printf("Date: %s  Time: %s\n",datebuf,timebuf);
}

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