WCSFTIME(3)

💫 WCSFTIME(3) 💫

okay so this is a page from the Library Functions Manual (that's the manual name bestie, we're in the library section, specifically the Standard C Library — libc, linked with -lc 🫶), and it's literally all about turning a date/time into a wide-character string. slay.

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✨ NAME ✨

wcsftime — convert date and time to a wide-character string 💅

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🌸 LIBRARY 🌸

Standard C Library (libc, -lc) — yeah she lives in libc, she's built in, no extra shopping required 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <wchar.h>

size_t
wcsftime(wchar_t * restrict wcs, size_t maxsize,
    const wchar_t * restrict format,
    const struct tm * restrict timeptr);

like, look at her. four args, all wide-char-coded, all restricted. iconic. ⭐

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so the whole vibe: wcsftime() is literally the same as strftime() except for the types of its arguments — that's it, that's the difference, no cap. 💯

if you want the detailed description (the actual tea about what each conversion specifier does), go read strftime(3) — she's the main character, this one's her wide-char sister. 🔥

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💀 COMPATIBILITY 💀

not me telling you this, but some early implementations of wcsftime() had a format argument with type const char * instead of const wchar_t * 😭 so if you're out here on some ancient system and things look cursed, that's probably why. fr fr, check your types.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• strftime(3) — the narrow-char original, go read her for the details 💖

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🧚 STANDARDS 🧚

wcsftime() conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 ("ISO C99") — certified, official, standard-issue queen 👑✨

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ok that's the whole page bestie, it's short and sweet and we ate 🍓

sign-off time: this cutie comes to you from Debian, dated September 8, 2002 💜 mwah, go format some wide strings, ily 🫶🌸