Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 21:21:16 +1100 (EST) From: "Tim J. Robbins" <tim@robbins.dropbear.id.au> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/33834: strptime(3) is misleading Message-ID: <200201131021.g0DALGU03643@raven.robbins.dropbear.id.au>
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>Number: 33834 >Category: bin >Synopsis: strptime(3) is misleading >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 13 02:50:01 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Tim J. Robbins >Release: FreeBSD 4.5-RC i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD raven.robbins.dropbear.id.au 4.5-RC FreeBSD 4.5-RC #3: Sat Jan 12 17:11:56 EST 2002 tim@raven.robbins.dropbear.id.au:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RAVEN i386 >Description: strptime(3) claims that the conversion specifiers are exactly as those for strftime(3); this is an exaggeration: %n %t %G %g %u %V %v %z are not implemented in strptime.c. >How-To-Repeat: man 3 strptime >Fix: Explain that these conversions aren't implemented. If I get time, I'll try to implement the missing ones. --- strptime.3.old Sun Jan 13 20:59:01 2002 +++ strptime.3 Sun Jan 13 21:12:31 2002 @@ -57,8 +57,21 @@ All ordinary characters are matched exactly with the buffer, where white space in the format string will match any amount of white space in the buffer. -All conversion specifications are identical to those described in -.Xr strftime 3 . +Conversion specifications are identical to those described in +.Xr strftime 3 , +except for +.Fa \&%n +and +.Fa \&%t +which are unnecessary (white space is always ignored), and +.Fa \&%G , +.Fa \&%g , +.Fa \&%u , +.Fa \&%V , +.Fa \&%v +and +.Fa \&%z +which are not implemented. .Pp Two-digit year values, including formats .Fa %y >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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