1FUNCTION::CTIME(3stap)      Time utility functions      FUNCTION::CTIME(3stap)
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NAME

6       function::ctime - Convert seconds since epoch into human readable
7       date/time string
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SYNOPSIS

10           ctime:string(epochsecs:long)
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ARGUMENTS

13       epochsecs
14           Number of seconds since epoch (as returned by gettimeofday_s)
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DESCRIPTION

17       Takes an argument of seconds since the epoch as returned by
18       gettimeofday_s. Returns a string of the form
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22       The string will always be exactly 24 characters. If the time would be
23       unreasonable far in the past (before what can be represented with a 32
24       bit offset in seconds from the epoch) the returned string will be “a
25       long, long time ago...”. If the time would be unreasonable far in the
26       future the returned string will be “far far in the future...”  (both
27       these strings are also 24 characters wide).
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29       Note that the epoch (zero) corresponds to
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33       The earliest full date given by ctime, corresponding to epochsecs
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35       by ctime, corresponding to epochsecs 2147483647 is “Tue Jan 19 03:14:07
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38       The abbreviations for the days of the week are ‘Sun’, ‘Mon’, ‘Tue’,
39       ‘Wed’, ‘Thu’, ‘Fri’, and ‘Sat’. The abbreviations for the months are
40       ‘Jan’, ‘Feb’, ‘Mar’, ‘Apr’, ‘May’, ‘Jun’, ‘Jul’, ‘Aug’, ‘Sep’, ‘Oct’,
41       ‘Nov’, and ‘Dec’.
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43       Note that the real C library ctime function puts a newline ('\n')
44       character at the end of the string that this function does not. Also
45       note that since the kernel has no concept of timezones, the returned
46       time is always in GMT.
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50SystemTap Tapset Reference        August 2011           FUNCTION::CTIME(3stap)
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