DESCRIPTION¶
Interpret the argument clock as number of seconds since Jan, 1st, 1970, 0:00, and return the time in local time in a nice structure. if clock is not specified, time() is used as default.
Alternatively, accept an array of two ints: the first is clock value as in the first form, the second int is the number of microseconds elapsed in the current second, which is ignored.
The result is an array of integers:
| place | contains |
|---|---|
int TM_SEC (0) |
Seconds (0..59) |
int TM_MIN (1) |
Minutes (0..59) |
int TM_HOUR (2) |
Hours (0..23) |
int TM_MDAY (3) |
Day of the month (1..31) |
int TM_MON (4) |
Month of the year (0..11) |
int TM_YEAR (5) |
Year (e.g. 2001) |
int TM_WDAY (6) |
Day of the week (Sunday = 0) |
int TM_YDAY (7) |
Day of the year (0..365) |
int TM_ISDST (8) |
TRUE during daylight saving time |
USAGE¶
printf("Today is %s\n",
({ "Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday",
"Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday" })[localtime()[TM_WDAY]]);
HISTORY¶
- introduced (3.2.9)