The following issue has been SUBMITTED.
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https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1727
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Reported By: kre
Assigned To:
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Project: Issue 8 drafts
Issue ID: 1727
Category: System Interfaces
Type: Enhancement Request
Severity: Objection
Priority: normal
Status: New
Name: Robert Elz
Organization:
User Reference:
Section: XSH 3 / strptime
Page Number: 2146-7
Line Number: 70221-2, 70250-7
Final Accepted Text:
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Date Submitted: 2023-05-14 19:23 UTC
Last Modified: 2023-05-14 19:23 UTC
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Summary: strptime() spec needs updates to deal with other
changes.
Description:
When tm_gmtoff and tm_zone were added to struct tm, the %z and %Z
conversions of strptime() should really have been updated to deal
with them.
And while here, the (CX shaded) %s conversion gives no clue at all
about what effect it might have on the struct tm (unlike say %g %G ^U...)
Desired Action:
Around lines 70221-2 (the %s definition) and withinh the CX shading, add
words similar to those used elsewjere (eg: %g)
The effect of this number, if any, on the tm structure pointed to by
tm is unspecified.
For %z, lines 70250-2 the statement that is currently there, just like the
ones that should be added for %s, should be deleted (as in the tm_gmtoff
field will now be set to the value parsed by %z).
For %Z. lines 70253-7 the similar statement should also be removed, but
this
one probably needs some investigation as to what can be said about what is
done with tm_zone - does it get set to point info the value pointed to by
the buf arg to strptime() or does that get copied - to static storage, or
dynamic, and if the latter, who frees it ? I have no idea. But simply
pretending that tm_zone still doesn't exist cannot be correct.
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Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
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2023-05-14 19:23 kre New Issue
2023-05-14 19:23 kre Name => Robert Elz
2023-05-14 19:23 kre Section => XSH 3 / strptime
2023-05-14 19:23 kre Page Number => 2146-7
2023-05-14 19:23 kre Line Number => 70221-2, 70250-7
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