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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:27:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Richard Troy <rtroy AT sciencetools DOT com>
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Subject: Re: GCC bug with strftime
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> >I recently discovered a bug in strftime(). I downloaded a very recent copy
> >of cygwin and tried again, but it's still there. So, I'd like to report
> >it. I sent mail to the gcc-bugs list but nobody there seems to care,
>
> Why *would* anyone in gcc care about a library problem?  I believe that
> they actually mentioned that the below was a GNU extension.  But,
> regardless, the problem has nothing to do with gcc.

Doah! Yeah, glibc - what _was_ I thinking?! -smile-

> >The problem is that this call fails to return an hour:
> >
> >	strftime(IT,key,"%m/%d/%y %l:%M %p", brokentime);
> >
> >The l% is supposed to represent a _space_ padded hour, as documented here:
> >http://www.gnu.org/manual/glibc-2.0.6/html_chapter/libc_17.html#SEC302
>
> cygwin != glibc.  However, since cygwin uses newlib, and the people in
> the newlib project are a cooperative bunch, maybe if you submitted a
> patch, they'd consider adding it.  The mailing list is newlib at sources
> dot redhat dot com.

Thanks Christopher...

Richard

>
> cgf
>
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