Question

The purpose of the function ctime() is that ___________

(a) it returns a string representing the local time

(b) it returns a void string

(c) it returns a string representing the time in UTC format

(d) it returns a string representing the time stored in a structure

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Answer 1

Correct option is (a) it returns a string representing the local time

To explain: The library function ctime() returns a string representation of the local time. The function asctime() returns a string representing the time stored in a structure.