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gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:
>>>> Does the awk program work also with GNU awk -c and/or awk on OS X and
>>>> *BSD?
>>>
>>> That would only convert a "not all systems have GNU date (or GNU binutils)
>>> by default" problem into a "not all systems have GNU awk" problem, IMO.
>>
>>       -c
>>       --traditional
>
> This does not solve the problem at all.

It resolves the problem by answering whether strftime is portable.


> The problem is that strftime() in awk is gnu-awk specific.

I guessed so, which is why I asked to test with GNU awk -c.


If the answer is no then awk can't solve the problem => resolved.


//Peter