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ctime

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ctime() public

Returns a canonical string representation of time.

   Time.now.asctime   #=> "Wed Apr  9 08:56:03 2003"

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     time.asctime => string
 *     time.ctime   => string
 *  
 *  Returns a canonical string representation of <i>time</i>.
 *     
 *     Time.now.asctime   #=> "Wed Apr  9 08:56:03 2003"
 */

static VALUE
time_asctime(time)
    VALUE time;
{
    struct time_object *tobj;
    char *s;

    GetTimeval(time, tobj);
    if (tobj->tm_got == 0) {
        time_get_tm(time, tobj->gmt);
    }
    s = asctime(&tobj->tm);
    if (s[24] == '\n') s[24] = '\0';

    return rb_str_new2(s);
}

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