1 ## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 John W. Eaton
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20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} asctime (@var{tm_struct})
21 ## Convert a time structure to a string using the following
22 ## format: "ddd mmm mm HH:MM:SS yyyy". For example:
26 ## asctime (localtime (time ()))
27 ## @result{} "Mon Feb 17 01:15:06 1997"
31 ## This is equivalent to @code{ctime (time ())}.
32 ## @seealso{ctime, localtime, time}
37 function retval = asctime (tm_struct)
43 retval = strftime ("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y\n", tm_struct);
50 %! assert(strcmp (asctime (localtime (t)), ctime (t)));
53 %!error asctime (1, 2);