pmctime(3) — Linux manual page

NAME | C SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

PMCTIME(3)               Library Functions Manual              PMCTIME(3)

NAME         top

       pmCtime - format the date and time for a reporting timezone

C SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <time.h>
       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       char *pmCtime(const time_t *clock, char *buf);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       pmCtime  is  very similar to ctime(3), except the timezone used is
       the current ``reporting timezone'' (rather than the default TZ en‐
       vironment variable scheme), and the  result  is  returned  into  a
       caller-declared buffer (rather than a private buffer).

       Like  ctime(3)  the  time to be converted is passed via clock, and
       the result in buf is fixed width fields in the format:

                 Fri Sep 13 00:00:00 1986\n\0

       The result buffer buf must be at least 26 bytes long, and  no  at‐
       tempt  is made to check this.  pmCtime returns buf as the value of
       the function.

       The default current reporting timezone is as defined by the TZ en‐
       vironment variable, so pmCtime and ctime(3) will initially produce
       similar encoding of the date and time.

       Use pmNewZone(3), pmNewContextZone(3) or pmUseZone(3) to establish
       a new current reporting timezone that will effect pmCtime but  not
       ctime(3).

SEE ALSO         top

       ctime(3),     PMAPI(3),    pmLocaltime(3),    pmNewContextZone(3),
       pmNewZone(3) and pmUseZone(3).

COLOPHON         top

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