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29.Dd September 8, 2002
30.Dt WCSFTIME 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm wcsftime
34.Nd "convert date and time to a wide-character string"
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libc
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In wchar.h
39.Ft size_t
40.Fo wcsftime
41.Fa "wchar_t * restrict wcs" "size_t maxsize"
42.Fa "const wchar_t * restrict format" "const struct tm * restrict timeptr"
43.Fc
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Fn wcsftime
47function is equivalent to the
48.Fn strftime
49function except for the types of its arguments
50and the return value indicating the number of wide characters.
51Refer to
52.Xr strftime 3
53for a detailed description.
54.Sh COMPATIBILITY
55Some early implementations of
56.Fn wcsftime
57had a
58.Fa format
59argument with type
60.Vt "const char *"
61instead of
62.Vt "const wchar_t *" .
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr strftime 3
65.Sh STANDARDS
66The
67.Fn wcsftime
68function conforms to
69.St -isoC-99 .
70