asctime()

I'm trying to use the function asctime() and save the function output to a string, but I can't figure out how to do it. What I've posted is the only way I can get it to compile without errors, but it's obviously wrong. Am I missing something obvious?

Code:

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main()
{
  time_t lt;
  struct tm t, *tmptr;
 
  lt=time(NULL);
  tmptr=localtime( & lt );
  char strings[26];
  const char *chptr=strings;
  chptr=asctime(tmptr);
  printf("%s\n%s",asctime(tmptr),strings);
  return 0;
}

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You mean

strcpy(strings,asctime(tmptr));

You're writing C++ with those embedded declarations you know.

Thanks Salem, that was a little obvious:o I guess I don't work with the standard functions enough. And no, I wasn't sure if it was C++ or not, but I have seen it in my C++ book:D

Code:

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#include <time.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])                                   
{                                         
  time_t lt;                             
  struct tm t, *tmptr;                   
  char tmp[26]={'\0'};                                       
  lt=time(NULL);                         
  tmptr=localtime( & lt );               
  strcpy(tmp,asctime(tmptr));                 
  printf("%s\n",asctime(tmptr));
  printf("%s\n",tmp);
  return 0;                             
}

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asctime() returns a static char *, which will change with subsequent calls to time functions; this makes a local copy.