#include <sys/time.h>
#include "defs.h"

private	char	MYFORMAT[] = "wmdy";	/* weekday month day year */
private	char	ERRORCHAR[] = "*";
private	char	date[ 26 ];


/*
 * Return a string containing an ascii date according to format.
 */
public char *GetDate( format )		/* format should look like "-Dwmy" */
 char  *format;
 {
  long theTime;
  char *theAscTime;
  char *i;
  char *weekday;
  char *month;
  char *day;
  char *hour;
  char *year;
  

  theTime = time( 0 );
  theAscTime = ctime( &theTime );

  weekday = theAscTime;
  month = 4 + theAscTime;
  day = 8 + theAscTime;
  hour = 11 + theAscTime;
  year = 20 + theAscTime;
  
  *(year + 4) = '\0';
  *(year - 1) = '\0';
  *(hour - 1) = '\0';
  *(day - 1) =  '\0';
  *(month - 1) = '\0';
  
  format = format + 2;
  if ( *format == '\0' )
    format = MYFORMAT;

  for( *date ='\0' ; *format != '\0'; format++ )
    {
      switch (*format)
        {
	  case 'w':
	    i = weekday;
	    break;
	  case 'd':
	    i = day;
	    break;
	  case 'm':
	    i = month;
	    break;
	  case 'y':
	    i = year;
	    break;
	  case 'h':
	    i = hour;
	    break;
	  default:
	    i = ERRORCHAR;
	    break;
	}
      strcat( date, i );
      strcat( date, " " );
    }
  strcat( date, "\0" );
  return( date );
 }