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+#include <time.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#define SIZE 256
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  char buffer[SIZE];
+  time_t curtime;
+  struct tm *loctime;
+
+  /* Get the current time. */
+  curtime = time (NULL);
+
+  /* Convert it to local time representation. */
+  loctime = localtime (&curtime);
+
+  /* Print out the date and time in the standard format. */
+  fputs (asctime (loctime), stdout);
+
+/*@group*/
+  /* Print it out in a nice format. */
+  strftime (buffer, SIZE, "Today is %A, %B %d.\n", loctime);
+  fputs (buffer, stdout);
+  strftime (buffer, SIZE, "The time is %I:%M %p.\n", loctime);
+  fputs (buffer, stdout);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+/*@end group*/