ctime conversion

[jCha]

hi guys :) i would love to know how the ctime works i mean how does it convert a given integer into a string!!

an example:

int TimeDate=0x481AD367;
time_t rawtime;

printf ( "The current local time is: %s", ctime((time_t*)&(TimeDate)) );

this will give us:

The current local time is: Fri May 02 09:40:07 2008

how this process has been done?