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getdate() - convert a string to struct tm
Návod, kniha: Linux Programmer's Manual
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
#include <time.h>
struct tm *getdate (const char *string);
extern int getdate_err;
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <time.h>
int getdate_r (const char *string, struct tm
*res);
The function
getdate() converts a string pointed to by
string into
the tm structure that it returns. This tm structure may be found in static
storage, so that it will be overwritten by the next call.
In contrast to
strptime(3), (which has a
format argument),
getdate() uses the formats found in the file of which the full path
name is given in the environment variable
DATEMSK. The first line in
the file that matches the given input string is used for the conversion.
The matching is done case insensitively. Superfluous whitespace, either in the
pattern or in the string to be converted, is ignored.
The conversion specifications that a pattern can contain are those given for
strptime(3). One more conversion specification is accepted:
- %Z
- Timezone name.
When
%Z is given, the value to be returned is initialised to the
broken-down time corresponding to the current time in the given time zone.
Otherwise, it is initialised to the broken-down time corresponding to the
current local time.
When only the weekday is given, the day is taken to be the first such day on or
after today.
When only the month is given (and no year), the month is taken to be the first
such month equal to or after the current month. If no day is given, it is the
first day of the month.
When no hour, minute and second are given, the current hour, minute and second
are taken.
If no date is given, but we know the hour, then that hour is taken to be the
first such hour equal to or after the current hour.
When successful, this function returns a pointer to a
struct tm.
Otherwise, it returns NULL and sets the global variable
getdate_err.
Changes to
errno are unspecified. The following values for
getdate_err are defined:
- 1
- The DATEMSK environment variable is null or undefined.
- 2
- The template file cannot be opened for reading.
- 3
- Failed to get file status information.
- 4
- The template file is not a regular file.
- 5
- An error is encountered while reading the template
file.
- 6
- Memory allocation failed (not enough memory
available).
- 7
- There is no line in the file that matches the input.
- 8
- Invalid input specification.
Since
getdate() is not reentrant because of the use of
getdate_err
and the static buffer to return the result in, glibc provides a thread-safe
variant. The functionality is the same. The result is returned in the buffer
pointed to by
res and in case of an error the return value is nonzero
with the same values as given above for
getdate_err.
The POSIX 1003.1-2001 specification for
strptime() contains conversion
specifications using the
%E or
%O modifier, while such
specifications are not given for
getdate(). The glibc implementation
implements
getdate() using
strptime() so that automatically
precisely the same conversions are supported by both.
The glibc implementation does not support the
%Z conversion
specification.
- DATEMSK
- File containing format patterns.
- TZ, LC_TIME
- Variables used by strptime().
ISO 9899, POSIX 1003.1-2001
localtime(3),
strftime(3),
strptime(3),
time(3)
