The strftime() function formats the broken-down time tm according
to the format specification format and places the result in the
character array s of size max. The broken-down time structure tm
is defined in <time.h>. See also ctime(3).
The format specification is a null-terminated string and may
contain special character sequences called conversion
specifications, each of which is introduced by a '%' character
and terminated by some other character known as a conversion
specifier character. All other character sequences are ordinary
character sequences.
The characters of ordinary character sequences (including the
null byte) are copied verbatim from format to s. However, the
characters of conversion specifications are replaced as shown in
the list below. In this list, the field(s) employed from the tm
structure are also shown.
%a The abbreviated name of the day of the week according to
the current locale. (Calculated from tm_wday.) (The
specific names used in the current locale can be obtained
by calling nl_langinfo(3) with ABDAY_{1–7} as an
argument.)
%A The full name of the day of the week according to the
current locale. (Calculated from tm_wday.) (The specific
names used in the current locale can be obtained by
calling nl_langinfo(3) with DAY_{1–7} as an argument.)
%b The abbreviated month name according to the current
locale. (Calculated from tm_mon.) (The specific names
used in the current locale can be obtained by calling
nl_langinfo(3) with ABMON_{1–12} as an argument.)
%B The full month name according to the current locale.
(Calculated from tm_mon.) (The specific names used in the
current locale can be obtained by calling nl_langinfo(3)
with MON_{1–12} as an argument.)
%c The preferred date and time representation for the current
locale. (The specific format used in the current locale
can be obtained by calling nl_langinfo(3) with D_T_FMT as
an argument for the %c conversion specification, and with
ERA_D_T_FMT for the %Ec conversion specification.) (In
the POSIX locale this is equivalent to %a %b %e %H:%M:%S
%Y.)
%C The century number (year/100) as a 2-digit integer. (SU)
(The %EC conversion specification corresponds to the name
of the era.) (Calculated from tm_year.)
%d The day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31).
(Calculated from tm_mday.)
%D Equivalent to %m/%d/%y. (Yecch—for Americans only.
Americans should note that in other countries %d/%m/%y is
rather common. This means that in international context
this format is ambiguous and should not be used.) (SU)
%e Like %d, the day of the month as a decimal number, but a
leading zero is replaced by a space. (SU) (Calculated from
tm_mday.)
%E Modifier: use alternative ("era-based") format, see below.
(SU)
%F Equivalent to %Y-%m-%d (the ISO 8601 date format). (C99)
%G The ISO 8601 week-based year (see NOTES) with century as a
decimal number. The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO
week number (see %V). This has the same format and value
as %Y, except that if the ISO week number belongs to the
previous or next year, that year is used instead. (TZ)
(Calculated from tm_year, tm_yday, and tm_wday.)
%g Like %G, but without century, that is, with a 2-digit year
(00–99). (TZ) (Calculated from tm_year, tm_yday, and
tm_wday.)
%h Equivalent to %b. (SU)
%H The hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range
00 to 23). (Calculated from tm_hour.)
%I The hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range
01 to 12). (Calculated from tm_hour.)
%j The day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to
366). (Calculated from tm_yday.)
%k The hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 0 to
23); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also
%H.) (Calculated from tm_hour.) (TZ)
%l The hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 1 to
12); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also
%I.) (Calculated from tm_hour.) (TZ)
%m The month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12).
(Calculated from tm_mon.)
%M The minute as a decimal number (range 00 to 59).
(Calculated from tm_min.)
%n A newline character. (SU)
%O Modifier: use alternative numeric symbols, see below. (SU)
%p Either "AM" or "PM" according to the given time value, or
the corresponding strings for the current locale. Noon is
treated as "PM" and midnight as "AM". (Calculated from
tm_hour.) (The specific string representations used for
"AM" and "PM" in the current locale can be obtained by
calling nl_langinfo(3) with AM_STR and PM_STR,
respectively.)
%P Like %p but in lowercase: "am" or "pm" or a corresponding
string for the current locale. (Calculated from tm_hour.)
(GNU)
%r The time in a.m. or p.m. notation. (SU) (The specific
format used in the current locale can be obtained by
calling nl_langinfo(3) with T_FMT_AMPM as an argument.)
(In the POSIX locale this is equivalent to %I:%M:%S %p.)
%R The time in 24-hour notation (%H:%M). (SU) For a version
including the seconds, see %T below.
%s The number of seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00
+0000 (UTC). (TZ) (Calculated from mktime(tm).)
%S The second as a decimal number (range 00 to 60). (The
range is up to 60 to allow for occasional leap seconds.)
(Calculated from tm_sec.)
%t A tab character. (SU)
%T The time in 24-hour notation (%H:%M:%S). (SU)
%u The day of the week as a decimal, range 1 to 7, Monday
being 1. See also %w. (Calculated from tm_wday.) (SU)
%U The week number of the current year as a decimal number,
range 00 to 53, starting with the first Sunday as the
first day of week 01. See also %V and %W. (Calculated
from tm_yday and tm_wday.)
%V The ISO 8601 week number (see NOTES) of the current year
as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the
first week that has at least 4 days in the new year. See
also %U and %W. (Calculated from tm_year, tm_yday, and
tm_wday.) (SU)
%w The day of the week as a decimal, range 0 to 6, Sunday
being 0. See also %u. (Calculated from tm_wday.)
%W The week number of the current year as a decimal number,
range 00 to 53, starting with the first Monday as the
first day of week 01. (Calculated from tm_yday and
tm_wday.)
%x The preferred date representation for the current locale
without the time. (The specific format used in the
current locale can be obtained by calling nl_langinfo(3)
with D_FMT as an argument for the %x conversion
specification, and with ERA_D_FMT for the %Ex conversion
specification.) (In the POSIX locale this is equivalent
to %m/%d/%y.)
%X The preferred time representation for the current locale
without the date. (The specific format used in the
current locale can be obtained by calling nl_langinfo(3)
with T_FMT as an argument for the %X conversion
specification, and with ERA_T_FMT for the %EX conversion
specification.) (In the POSIX locale this is equivalent
to %H:%M:%S.)
%y The year as a decimal number without a century (range 00
to 99). (The %Ey conversion specification corresponds to
the year since the beginning of the era denoted by the %EC
conversion specification.) (Calculated from tm_year)
%Y The year as a decimal number including the century. (The
%EY conversion specification corresponds to the full
alternative year representation.) (Calculated from
tm_year)
%z The +hhmm or -hhmm numeric timezone (that is, the hour and
minute offset from UTC). (SU)
%Z The timezone name or abbreviation.
%+ The date and time in date(1) format. (TZ) (Not supported
in glibc2.)
%% A literal '%' character.
Some conversion specifications can be modified by preceding the
conversion specifier character by the E or O modifier to indicate
that an alternative format should be used. If the alternative
format or specification does not exist for the current locale,
the behavior will be as if the unmodified conversion
specification were used. (SU) The Single UNIX Specification
mentions %Ec, %EC, %Ex, %EX, %Ey, %EY, %Od, %Oe, %OH, %OI, %Om,
%OM, %OS, %Ou, %OU, %OV, %Ow, %OW, %Oy, where the effect of the O
modifier is to use alternative numeric symbols (say, roman
numerals), and that of the E modifier is to use a locale-
dependent alternative representation. The rules governing date
representation with the E modifier can be obtained by supplying
ERA as an argument to a nl_langinfo(3). One example of such
alternative forms is the Japanese era calendar scheme in the
ja_JP glibc locale.
