Function getdate() from time.h

[Jorge Miguel Pereira Coutada Miranda]

Thank you, Austin!

I tried the strptime() and it worked like a charm! I'll substitue all the getdate() calls for this one.
Indeed, I agree with you that it is quite silly the use of an external file for the formats; I was already
having problems with those! I guess I haven't searched quite right for the solution xD

Thank you again for the precious advice!

----- Mensagem Original -----
De: Austin Foxley <austinf at cetoncorp.com>
Para: Jorge Miguel Pereira Coutada Miranda <jmpcm at aeiou.pt>
Cc: uclibc at uclibc.org
Enviado: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:14:37 +0000 (GMT)
Assunto: Re: Function getdate() from time.h

On 10/04/2009 04:38 PM, Jorge Miguel Pereira Coutada Miranda wrote:
> My question are:
>  * isthere is any plan to implement this function briefly?

No plans that I know of. Is there any reason you cannot use strptime? (Which
appears to provide similar functionality. In fact glibc's getdate is implemented
with strptime)

>  * If there isn't, is it possible to compile the getdate.c from the glibc library directly?

If someone were to work on a patch, that would be a good place to start. But no,
there isn't a way to directly pull it in.

>  * Is there any major problem so this function isn't implemented in uClibc?

The interface does seem kind of silly (relying on an external file to provide
your date formats...), but no. No problem other than no one has done the work yet.

-Austin


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