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instance method

Date#asctime

d.asctime → string

static VALUE
d_lite_asctime(VALUE self)
{
    return strftimev("%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", self, set_tmx);
}

Returns a string in asctime(3) format (but without “\n\0” at the end). This method is equivalent to strftime(‘%c’).