The %s format in strptime doesn't work. The problem is that the number
of seconds is not initialized to zero before conversion.
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--- glibc-2.0.111/time/strptime.c.orig Tue Dec 15 16:34:48 1998
+++ glibc-2.0.111/time/strptime.c Wed Jan 27 02:04:28 1999
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
the `get_number' macro. Instead read the number
character for character and construct the result while
doing this. */
- time_t secs;
+ time_t secs = 0;
if (*rp < '0' || *rp > '9')
/* We need at least one digit. */
return NULL;
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The info description of strptime is somewhat misleading. It should state
clearly that NULL is returned if the format is not completely matched.
(The code example does show this.)
>From the Open Group's Single UNIX Specification:
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, strptime() returns a pointer to the character
following the last character parsed. Otherwise, a null pointer is returned.
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B. D. Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Seattle)
