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Returns the time and date in text format associated with the $ctime time value.

 $asctime(N, format)

where ''N'' is the timestamp in unixtime, see [[$ctime]] for more information. See [[:Category:Time and Date Identifiers|Time and Date Identifiers]] for full list of  possible formats. Both ''N'' and ''format'' are optional, but only one at the time.

 $asctime([[$ctime]])

returns Wed Sep 21 20:30:26 2005 (for example). You'll get same result with $asctime(ddd mmm dd H:nn:ss yyyy). Without given ''N'', $asctime uses $ctime as default.

 $asctime(793947600)             returns the default text format for this time value
 $asctime(hh:nn:ss)              returns the current time in this format
 $asctime(793947600, dd/mm/yy)   returns the date for this time value

== See Also ==
* [[$ctime]]

[[Category:Time and Date Identifiers]]