NAME
    ctime - current local time

SYNOPSIS
    ctime()

TYPES
    return	string

DESCRIPTION
   The ctime() builtin returns the string formed by the first 24
   characters returned by the C library function, ctime(): E.g.

	"Mon Oct 28 00:47:00 1996"

   The 25th ctime() character, '\n' is removed.

EXAMPLE
    ; printf("The time is now %s.\n", ctime())
    The time is now Mon Apr 15 12:41:44 1996.

LIMITS
    none

LINK LIBRARY
    none

SEE ALSO
    runtime, time

## Copyright (C) 1999  Landon Curt Noll
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## @(#) $Revision: 30.1 $
## @(#) $Id: ctime,v 30.1 2007/03/16 11:10:42 chongo Exp $
## @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/help/RCS/ctime,v $
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## Under source code control:	1996/04/30 03:05:18
## File existed as early as:	1996
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