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35.Dd April 14, 2004
36.Dt STRFTIME 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm strftime
40.Nd format date and time
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In time.h
45.Ft size_t
46.Fn strftime "char * restrict buf" "size_t maxsize" "const char * restrict format" "const struct tm * restrict timeptr"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn strftime
50function formats the information from
51.Fa timeptr
52into the buffer
53.Fa buf
54according to the string pointed to by
55.Fa format .
56.Pp
57The
58.Fa format
59string consists of zero or more conversion specifications and
60ordinary characters.
61All ordinary characters are copied directly into the buffer.
62A conversion specification consists of a percent sign
63.Ql %
64and one other character.
65.Pp
66No more than
67.Fa maxsize
68characters will be placed into the array.
69If the total number of resulting characters, including the terminating
70null character, is not more than
71.Fa maxsize ,
72.Fn strftime
73returns the number of characters in the array, not counting the
74terminating null.
75Otherwise, zero is returned and the contents of the array are undefined.
76.Pp
77Each conversion specification is replaced by the characters as
78follows which are then copied into the buffer.
79.Bl -tag -width "xxxx"
80.It Cm \&%A
81is replaced by the locale's full weekday name.
82.It Cm %a
83is replaced by the locale's abbreviated weekday name.
84.It Cm \&%B
85is replaced by the locale's full month name.
86.It Cm \&%b No or Cm \&%h
87is replaced by the locale's abbreviated month name.
88.It Cm \&%C
89is replaced by the century (a year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer)
90as a decimal number [00,99].
91.It Cm \&%c
92is replaced by the locale's appropriate date and time representation.
93.It Cm \&%D
94is replaced by the date in the format
95.Dq Li %m/%d/%y .
96.It Cm \&%d
97is replaced by the day of the month as a decimal number [01,31].
98.It Cm \&%e
99is replaced by the day of month as a decimal number [1,31];
100single digits are preceded by a blank.
101.It Cm \&%F
102is replaced by the date in the format
103.Dq Li %Y-%m-%d
104(the ISO 8601 date format).
105.It Cm \&%G
106is replaced by the ISO 8601 year with century as a decimal number.
107.TP
108.It Cm \&%g
109is replaced by the ISO 8601 year without century as a decimal number (00-99).
110This is the year that includes the greater part of the week.
111(Monday as the first day of a week).
112See also the
113.Ql \&%V
114conversion specification.
115.TP
116.It Cm \&%H
117is replaced by the hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23].
118.It Cm \&%I
119is replaced by the hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12].
120.It Cm \&%j
121is replaced by the day of the year as a decimal number [001,366].
122.It Cm \&%k
123is replaced by the hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [0,23];
124single digits are preceded by a blank.
125.It Cm \&%l
126is replaced by the hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [1,12];
127single digits are preceded by a blank.
128.It Cm \&%M
129is replaced by the minute as a decimal number [00,59].
130.It Cm %m
131is replaced by the month as a decimal number [01,12].
132.It Cm %n
133is replaced by a newline.
134.It Cm %p
135is replaced by the locale's equivalent of either
136.Dq Tn AM
137or
138.Dq Tn PM .
139.It Cm \&%R
140is replaced by the time in the format
141.Dq Li %H:%M .
142.It Cm \&%r
143is replaced by the locale's representation of 12-hour clock time
144using AM/PM notation.
145.It Cm \&%S
146is replaced by the second as a decimal number [00,61].
147The range of
148seconds is (00-61) instead of (00-59) to allow for the periodic occurance
149of leap seconds and double leap seconds.
150.It Cm %s
151is replaced by the number of seconds since the Epoch, UTC (see
152.Xr mktime 3 ) .
153.It Cm \&%T
154is replaced by the time in the format
155.Dq Li %H:%M:%S .
156.It Cm \&%t
157is replaced by a tab.
158.It Cm \&%U
159is replaced by the week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of
160the week) as a decimal number [00,53].
161.It Cm \&%u
162is replaced by the weekday (Monday as the first day of the week)
163as a decimal number [1,7].
164.It Cm \&%V
165is replaced by the week number of the year (Monday as the first day of
166the week) as a decimal number [01,53]. According to ISO 8601 the week
167containing January 1 is week 1 if it has four or more days in the new year,
168otherwise it is week 53 of the previous year, and the next week is week 1.
169The year is given by the
170.Ql \&%G
171conversion specification.
172.It Cm \&%v
173is replaced by the date in the format
174.Dq Li %e-%b-%Y .
175.It Cm \&%W
176is replaced by the week number of the year (Monday as the first day of
177the week) as a decimal number [00,53].
178.It Cm \&%w
179is replaced by the weekday (Sunday as the first day of the week)
180as a decimal number [0,6].
181.It Cm \&%X
182is replaced by the locale's appropriate time representation.
183.It Cm \&%x
184is replaced by the locale's appropriate date representation.
185.It Cm \&%Y
186is replaced by the year with century as a decimal number.
187.It Cm \&%y
188is replaced by the year without century as a decimal number [00,99].
189.It Cm \&%Z
190is replaced by the time zone name.
191.It Cm \&%z
192is replaced by the offset from ITC in the ISO 8601 format
193.Dq Li [-]hhmm .
194.It Cm %%
195is replaced by
196.Ql % .
197.El
198.Sh SEE ALSO
199.Xr date 1 ,
200.Xr printf 1 ,
201.Xr ctime 3 ,
202.Xr printf 3 ,
203.Xr strptime 3
204.Sh STANDARDS
205The
206.Fn strftime
207function
208conforms to
209.St -isoC-99 .
210The
211.Ql \&%C ,
212.Ql \&%D ,
213.Ql \&%e ,
214.Ql \&%g ,
215.Ql \&%G ,
216.Ql \&%h ,
217.Ql \&%k ,
218.Ql \&%l ,
219.Ql \&%n ,
220.Ql \&%r ,
221.Ql \&%R ,
222.Ql \&%s ,
223.Ql \&%t ,
224.Ql \&%T ,
225.Ql \&%u ,
226.Ql \&%V ,
227and
228.Ql \&%v
229conversion specifications are extensions.
230.Pp
231Use of the ISO 8601 conversions may produce non-intuitive results.
232Week 01 of a year is per definition the first week which has the Thursday
233in this year, which is equivalent to the week which contains the fourth
234day of January.
235In other words, the first week of a new year is the week which has the
236majority of its days in the new year.
237Week 01 might also contain days from the previous year and the week
238before week 01 of a year is the last week (52 or 53) of the previous
239year even if it contains days from the new year.
240A week starts with Monday (day 1) and ends with Sunday (day 7).
241For example, the first week of the year 1997 lasts from
2421996-12-30 to 1997-01-05.
243.Sh BUGS
244There is no conversion specification for the phase of the moon.
245