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+# $EPIC: strftime.txt,v 1.5 2006/08/29 18:22:56 sthalik Exp $
+======Synopsis:======
+$__strftime__(<format>) \\
+$__strftime__(<time_t> <format>)
+======Technical:======
+   * If the <format> argument is omitted the empty string is returned.
+   * If the <format> argument is invalid the empty string is returned.
+   * The first argument is optional.  If provided it must be the number of seconds since the epoch (e.g. $[[time function|time]]()).  If a time is not provided, the current $[[time function|time]]() is used.
+   * The rest of the argument(s) are taken as a strftime(3) format string and are passed directly to strftime(3).
+   * The return value of the function is the specified time converted into the human readable form described by your strftime(3) format.
+   * Avoid using system-specific strftime(3) formats for portability reasons.
+======Practical:======
+You should refer to your system's strftime man page (``man strftime'')
+for exact details of what a strftime format looks like, because describing
+them is beyond the scope of a help file. =)  But this function is very
+useful for creating timestamps that look just like how you want them.
+======Returns:======
+A description of the specified <time_t> using the format string <format>,
+as processed by strftime(3).
+======Examples:======
+<file>
+$strftime(%d %B %Y)  might return "13 December 1996"
+$strftime(%x at %X)  might return "12/13/96 at 16:45:42"
+$strftime(%m/%d/%y)  might return "07/16/01"
+$strftime(%Y/%m/%d)  might return "2001/07/16"
+</file>
+======History:======
+This function first appeared in ircII-2.8.1, and was first included
+in EPIC3pre8.