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instance method

Time#asctime

time.asctime → string

static VALUE
time_asctime(VALUE time)
{
    return strftimev("%a %b %e %T %Y", time, rb_usascii_encoding());
}

Alias of #ctime

Returns a canonical string representation of time.

Example

Time.now.asctime   #=> "Wed Apr  9 08:56:03 2003"
Time.now.ctime     #=> "Wed Apr  9 08:56:03 2003"

See also #ctime #<=> #as_json #- also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1