Question

Which of the following library functions is used to read location dependent information?

(a) localtime()

(b) localeconv()

(c) localcon()

(d) local()

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Answer 1

Right option is (b) localeconv()

The explanation is: localeconv() is used to read the location dependent information. The function used to find the current time is localtime().