NAME
    ctime - current local time

SYNOPSIS
    ctime()

TYPES
    return      string

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

        "Mon Oct 28 00:47:00 1996\n"

EXAMPLE
    ; ## NOTE: Your output will likely vary:

    ; 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) 1996,1999,2021  Landon Curt Noll
##
## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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## Under source code control:   1996/04/30 03:05:18
## File existed as early as:    1996
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