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| author | Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org> | 1999-02-02 16:55:29 +0100 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 1999-02-03 14:01:37 +0000 |
| commit | 659b49385bc40faa816c2396d68094df873b2672 (patch) | |
| tree | 6870e71f85446f7489bbb78538ba256e84459e16 /ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod | |
| parent | 19a8a53999ba127106caca1c90a5bd6b4bc4b46f (diff) | |
| download | perl-659b49385bc40faa816c2396d68094df873b2672.tar.gz | |
Document the standard strftime %formats.
To: "Kurt D. Starsinic" <kstar@chapin.edu>, Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
Subject: [PATCH] 5.00[45]*: Re: POSIX's strftime() does not enforce POSIX %C on Solaris
Message-Id: <v0311070cb2dcb3f5f773@[212.24.192.188]>
p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@2807
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| -rw-r--r-- | ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod b/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod index 7b21810567..6ad74b74b9 100644 --- a/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod +++ b/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod @@ -1019,7 +1019,11 @@ The month (C<mon>), weekday (C<wday>), and yearday (C<yday>) begin at zero. I.e. January is 0, not 1; Sunday is 0, not 1; January 1st is 0, not 1. The year (C<year>) is given in years since 1900. I.e., the year 1995 is 95; the year 2001 is 101. Consult your system's C<strftime()> manpage for details -about these and the other arguments. The given arguments are made consistent +about these and the other arguments. +If you want your code to be portable, your format (C<fmt>) argument +should use only the conversion specifiers defined by the ANSI C +standard. These are C<aAbBcdHIjmMpSUwWxXyYZ%>. +The given arguments are made consistent by calling C<mktime()> before calling your system's C<strftime()> function. The string for Tuesday, December 12, 1995. |