EFUN: ctime

SYNTAX:
string ctime( [clock] )
  int clock;

DESCRIPTION:
Ctime gives the date and time as text. If the argument 'clock' is given,
this is calculated as the number of seconds passed since New Year 1970.
By default the current time is used.

RETURN VALUE:
A string describing the date and time is returned.

SEE ALSO:
time
ftime

EXAMPLE:
string str;

str = ctime();
// str is now "Sun Feb 22 10:57:48 1998"
