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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 01:12:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Richard Troy <rtroy AT sciencetools DOT com>
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To: Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: GCC bug with strftime
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Thanks, Corinna,

...Good thing I've already written a work-around! -smile-

Gee, you never know what you might learn by posting on the wrong list!
-wink-

RT

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Richard Troy, Chief Scientist
Science Tools Corporation
rtroy AT ScienceTools DOT com, 510-567-9957, http://ScienceTools.com/

On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:05:46 +0100
> From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> To: Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Subject: Re: GCC bug with strftime
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 07:00:07PM -0800, Richard Troy wrote:
> > > > The problem is that this call fails to return an hour:
> > > >
> > > > strftime(IT,key,"%m/%d/%y %l:%M %p", brokentime);
>
> I'm sorry to say that but...
>
> > The answer is yes, I have checked. The code works in my various RedHat
> > environments and has been for a long time. Also capital I is not what I
>
> ...just because it works under RH Linux it doesn't mean it's correct code.
> The %l specifier character is not covered by SUSv3:
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/functions/strftime.html
>
> which means, your usage of %l is non-portable.
>
> Corinna
>
>


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