Guardian C Library Calls Reference Manual

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Usage Guidelines

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The format string consists of zero or more conversion specifiers. A conversion

specifier consists of a % character followed by a character that determines the

behavior of the conversion specifier. Each conversion specifier is replaced by the

appropriate characters as described in the following list:

Conversion

Specifier What gets printed Example

%a abbreviated weekday name Mon

%A full weekday name Monday

%b abbreviated month name Sep

%B full month name September

%c date and time Sep 16 01:03:52 1773

%d day of the month 01

%H hour of the 24-hour day (00-24) 22

%I hour of the 12-hour day (00-12) 09

%j day of the year 263

%m month of the year 11

%M minutes after the hour 21

%p AM or PM PM

%S seconds after the minute 59

%U week of the year (0-53) 34

%w day of the week (0-6), Sunday = 0 5

%W week of the year with first

Monday as first day of week 1

%x date 01/20/1957

%X time 3:45:08 PM

%y year of the century 92

%Y year 1992

%% percent character %