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Title: 'asctime()'
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Description: 'Converts a time tuple or struct_time to a 24‑character human‑readable string.'
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Description: 'Converts a time tuple or `struct_time` to a 24‑character human‑readable string.'
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Subjects:
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- 'Computer Science'
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- 'Data Science'
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Tags:
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- 'Functions'
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- 'Methods'
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- 'Time'
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- 'Python'
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- 'Time'
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CatalogContent:
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- 'learn-python-3'
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- 'paths/computer-science'
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The **`time.asctime()`** Python function converts a time value (a 9‑element tuple or `time.struct_time`) into a readable, 24‑character string like `'Wed Sep 17 19:40:37 2025'`.
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The **`time.asctime()`** Python function converts a time value (a 9‑element tuple or `time.struct_time`) into a readable, 24‑character string such as `'Wed Sep 17 19:40:37 2025'`.
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## Syntax of `time.asctime()`
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```py
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```pseudo
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import time
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time.asctime(t)
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time.asctime() # it uses current local time
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**Parameters:**
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- `t` (optional): A 9‑tuple or `time.struct_time` representing a UTC or local time, with fields `(year, month, mday, hour, min, sec, wday, yday, isdst)` as produced by `time.localtime()` or `time.gmtime()`.
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- If omitted, `time.asctime()` uses `time.localtime()`.
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- `wday` (weekday) and `yday` (day of year) are ignored.
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- `isdst` may be `-1`, `0`, or `1`.
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**Return value:**
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- `str`: A 24‑character string of the form `'Sun Jun 20 23:21:05 1993'`. The day of month is two characters wide and space‑padded if needed (e.g., `'Wed Sep 17 19:40:37 2025'`).
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Notes:
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- If `t` is omitted, `time.asctime()` uses `time.localtime()`.
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- `wday` (weekday) and `yday` (day of year) are ignored; `isdst` may be `-1`, `0`, or `1`.
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## Example
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Convert the current local time (from `localtime()`) and show the default call with no arguments:
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> **Note:** The exact output will vary depending on when the function is run.
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## Codebyte
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Run this to see `time.asctime()` in action with local time, a UTC `struct_time`, and a custom tuple:
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custom_time = (2025, 9, 17, 10, 30, 0, 0, 0, -1)
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print("Custom tuple: ", time.asctime(custom_time))
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print("Custom tuple:", time.asctime(custom_time))
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