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