Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:30:24 -0800 (PST) From: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/63064: strptime fails on %z Message-ID: <200402191830.i1JIUO3P029863@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/63064; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc: <sec@42.org>
Subject: Re: bin/63064: strptime fails on %z
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 03:21:20 +0900
sec> strptime fails to convert %z
It can be considered that this is not a bug, and "by design". If
there's a bug, it is in strptime(3) manual page which says "All
conversion specifications are identical to those described in
strftime(3)," apparently that's not true.
From strftime(3) manpage:
The strftime() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C89'') with
a lot of extensions including `%C', `%D', `%E*', `%e', `%G', `%g', `%h',
`%k', `%l', `%n', `%O*', `%R', `%r', `%s', `%T', `%t', `%u', `%V', `%z',
`%+'.
Since '%z' format is not defined in th standard, it would be ok that
strptime(3) doesn't support '%z'. Of course, it would be even better
that strptime(3) supports all format characters in strftime(3).
-- -
Makoto `MAR' Matsushita
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