using stat in linux C program

Hi, I have an assignment to make a program which list files and directories in the current directory (a simple version of ls).  I can not finure out how to convert structures in the stat type to readable form. Here is the code:

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//dirlist by Josh McCullough
//finds a dir within the current dir

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <time.h>

char* getProtection(mode_t);
char* getUsername(uid_t);
char* getGroup(gid_t);
char* getDateString(time_t);

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
        DIR *objDirPnt;
        struct dirent *objDir;
        struct stat objFile;

        objDirPnt=opendir(get_current_dir_name());

        printf("Mode      Owner ID\tSize (b)\tModify Time\tName\n");

        while((objDir=readdir(objDirPnt))!=NULL)
        {
                stat(objDir->d_name,&objFile);

                char *cProtection=getProtection(objFile.st_mode);
                char *cOwner=getUsername(objFile.st_uid);
                char *cModifyTime=getDateString(objFile.st_mtime);

                printf("%s ",cProtection);
                printf("%s\t",cOwner);
                printf("%d\t\t",objFile.st_size);
                printf("%s\t",cModifyTime);
                printf("%s\n",objDir->d_name);
        }

        closedir(objDirPnt);

        return 0;
}

char*  getProtection(mode_t vProtection)
{
        char *cProtection="---------";

        if(S_IRUSR & vProtection)
                cProtection[0]='R';
        if(S_IWUSR & vProtection)
                cProtection[1]='W';
        if(S_IXUSR & vProtection)
                cProtection[2]='X';

        return cProtection;
}

char* getUsername(uid_t vUsername)
{
        return "no user";
}

char* getGroup(gid_t vGroup)
{
        return "no group";
}

char* getDateString(time_t vTime)
{
        struct tm *tmTime=localtime(&vTime);
        static char cTime[25];

        strftime(cTime,sizeof(cTime),"%h %e %H:%M",tmTime);

        return cTime;
}
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I've created a few functions, which i want to convert the info in the stat structure to readable form.  For instance, getProtection should accept a mode_t type and return rwxr--r-- or something like that.

If this is unclear let me know.
Thanks,
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