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--- Libc/Libc-583/stdtime/strptime.3
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@@ -23,43 +23,29 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdtime/strptime.3,v 1.23 2004/07/02 23:52:12 ru Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdtime/strptime.3,v 1.9.2.7 2001/12/14 18:33:59 ru Exp $
.\" "
-.Dd January 4, 2003
+.Dd May 8, 1997
.Dt STRPTIME 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm strptime ,
-.Nm strptime_l
+.Nm strptime
.Nd parse date and time string
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In time.h
.Ft char *
-.Fo strptime
-.Fa "const char *restrict buf"
-.Fa "const char *restrict format"
-.Fa "struct tm *restrict tm"
-.Fc
-.In time.h
-.In xlocale.h
-.Ft char *
-.Fo strptime_l
-.Fa "const char *restrict buf"
-.Fa "const char *restrict format"
-.Fa "struct tm *restrict tm"
-.Fa "locale_t loc"
-.Fc
+.Fn strptime "const char *buf" "const char *format" "struct tm *timeptr"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn strptime
function parses the string in the buffer
-.Fa buf ,
+.Fa buf
according to the string pointed to by
.Fa format ,
and fills in the elements of the structure pointed to by
-.Fa tm .
+.Fa timeptr .
The resulting values will be relative to the local time zone.
Thus, it can be considered the reverse operation of
.Xr strftime 3 .
@@ -81,37 +67,6 @@
are now interpreted as beginning at 1969 per POSIX requirements.
Years 69-00 are interpreted in the 20th century (1969-2000), years
01-68 in the 21st century (2001-2068).
-.Pp
-If the
-.Fa format
-string does not contain enough conversion specifications to completely
-specify the resulting
-.Vt struct tm ,
-the unspecified members of
-.Va tm
-are left untouched.
-For example, if
-.Fa format
-is
-.Dq Li "%H:%M:%S" ,
-only
-.Va tm_hour ,
-.Va tm_sec
-and
-.Va tm_min
-will be modified.
-If time relative to today is desired, initialize the
-.Fa tm
-structure with today's date before passing it to
-.Fn strptime .
-.Pp
-While the
-.Fn strptime
-function uses the current locale, the
-.Fn strptime_l
-function may be passed a locale directly. See
-.Xr xlocale 3
-for more information.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion,
.Fn strptime
@@ -122,16 +77,10 @@
It returns
.Dv NULL
if one of the conversions failed.
-.Sh LEGACY DESCRIPTION
-In legacy mode, the
-.Fa %Y
-format specifier expects exactly 4 digits (leaving any trailing digits for the
-next specifier).
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr date 1 ,
.Xr scanf 3 ,
-.Xr strftime 3 ,
-.Xr xlocale 3
+.Xr strftime 3
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Fn strptime
@@ -185,13 +134,6 @@
format specifier only accepts time zone abbreviations of the local time zone,
or the value "GMT".
This limitation is because of ambiguity due to of the over loading of time
-zone abbreviations.
-One such example is
+zone abbreviations. One such example is
.Fa EST
which is both Eastern Standard Time and Eastern Australia Summer Time.
-.Pp
-The
-.Fn strptime
-function does not correctly handle multibyte characters in the
-.Fa format
-argument.