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 -- Richard Troy, Chief Scientist Science Tools Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED], 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Cygwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/