| 1289 | | This function uses the C library function @code{strftime} to do most of |
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| 1290 | | the work. In order to communicate with that function, it first encodes |
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| 1291 | | its argument using the coding system specified by |
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| 1292 | | @code{locale-coding-system} (@pxref{Locales}); after @code{strftime} |
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| 1293 | | returns the resulting string, @code{format-time-string} decodes the |
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| 1294 | | string using that same coding system. |
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| | 1291 | This function uses the C library function @code{strftime} |
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| | 1292 | (@pxref{Formatting Calendar Time,,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference |
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| | 1293 | Manual}) to do most of the work. In order to communicate with that |
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| | 1294 | function, it first encodes its argument using the coding system |
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| | 1295 | specified by @code{locale-coding-system} (@pxref{Locales}); after |
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| | 1296 | @code{strftime} returns the resulting string, |
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| | 1297 | @code{format-time-string} decodes the string using that same coding |
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| | 1298 | system. |
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