Hi I have not read all of this carefully but it looks very nice to
me. It is pleasantly nice to read. 

I have not looked through the create output function yet but have looked
at most of the rest.

My only concern (as mentioned on irc) is the question of
internationalisation. I think most of the this can be done by allowing
other keyword tables and that seems quite clean. Ideally I think the
user would set which to localisation use in the config file and then the
cli would pass that to the lib parser.

I think it would be a shame to hold up this very useful functionality
just because of these internationalisation concerns.

The code is fairly large but it is easy to read and I would imagine
(excepting the internationalisation question) almost maintenance free.

On the actual code I have a small number of comments/queries below.

Best wishes

Mark

On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:55:51 +0200, Jani Nikula <jani at nikula.org> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani at nikula.org>
> ---
>  lib/Makefile.local      |    1 +
>  lib/parse-time-string.c | 1304 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/parse-time-string.h |   95 ++++
>  3 files changed, 1400 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 lib/parse-time-string.c
>  create mode 100644 lib/parse-time-string.h
> 
> diff --git a/lib/Makefile.local b/lib/Makefile.local
> index 54c4dea..803a284 100644
> --- a/lib/Makefile.local
> +++ b/lib/Makefile.local
> @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ libnotmuch_c_srcs =         \
>       $(dir)/libsha1.c        \
>       $(dir)/message-file.c   \
>       $(dir)/messages.c       \
> +     $(dir)/parse-time-string.c      \
>       $(dir)/sha1.c           \
>       $(dir)/tags.c
>  
> diff --git a/lib/parse-time-string.c b/lib/parse-time-string.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..59713dc
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/lib/parse-time-string.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,1304 @@
> +/*
> + * parse time string - user friendly date and time parser
> + * Copyright ? 2012 Jani Nikula
> + *
> + * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
> + * (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> + * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + *
> + * Author: Jani Nikula <jani at nikula.org>
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef PARSE_TIME_DEBUG
> +#define NDEBUG /* for assert() */
> +#endif
> +
> +#include <assert.h>
> +#include <ctype.h>
> +#include <errno.h>
> +#include <limits.h>
> +#include <stdio.h>
> +#include <stdarg.h>
> +#include <stdbool.h>
> +#include <stdlib.h>
> +#include <string.h>
> +#include <strings.h>
> +#include <time.h>
> +#include <sys/time.h>
> +#include <sys/types.h>
> +
> +#include "parse-time-string.h"
> +
> +#define ARRAY_SIZE(a) (sizeof (a) / sizeof (a[0]))
> +
> +/* field indices in struct state tm, and set fields */
> +enum field {
> +    /* keep SEC...YEAR in this order */
> +    TM_ABS_SEC,              /* seconds */
> +    TM_ABS_MIN,              /* minutes */
> +    TM_ABS_HOUR,     /* hours */
> +    TM_ABS_MDAY,     /* day of the month */
> +    TM_ABS_MON,              /* month */
> +    TM_ABS_YEAR,     /* year */
> +
> +    TM_ABS_WDAY,     /* day of the week. special: may be relative */
> +    TM_ABS_ISDST,    /* daylight saving time */
> +
> +    TM_AMPM,         /* am vs. pm */
> +    TM_TZ,           /* timezone in minutes */
> +
> +    /* keep SEC...YEAR in this order */
> +    TM_REL_SEC,              /* seconds relative to now */
> +    TM_REL_MIN,              /* minutes ... */
> +    TM_REL_HOUR,     /* hours ... */
> +    TM_REL_DAY,              /* days ... */
> +    TM_REL_MON,              /* months ... */
> +    TM_REL_YEAR,     /* years ... */
> +    TM_REL_WEEK,     /* weeks ... */
> +
> +    TM_NONE,         /* not a field */
> +
> +    TM_SIZE = TM_NONE,
> +};
> +
> +enum field_set {
> +    FIELD_UNSET,
> +    FIELD_SET,
> +    FIELD_NOW,
> +};
> +
> +static enum field
> +next_field (enum field field)
> +{
> +    /* note: depends on the enum ordering */
> +    return field < TM_ABS_YEAR ? field + 1 : TM_NONE;
> +}
> +
> +static enum field
> +abs_to_rel_field (enum field field)
> +{
> +    assert (field <= TM_ABS_YEAR);
> +
> +    /* note: depends on the enum ordering */
> +    return field + (TM_REL_SEC - TM_ABS_SEC);
> +}
> +
> +/* get zero value for field */
> +static int
> +field_zero (enum field field)
> +{
> +    if (field == TM_ABS_MDAY || field == TM_ABS_MON)
> +     return 1;
> +    else if (field == TM_ABS_YEAR)
> +     return 1970;
> +    else
> +     return 0;
> +}
> +
> +struct state {
> +    int tm[TM_SIZE];                 /* parsed date and time */
> +    enum field_set set[TM_SIZE];     /* set status of tm */
> +
> +    enum field last_field;
> +    char delim;
> +
> +    int postponed_length;    /* number of digits in postponed value */
> +    int postponed_value;
> +};

Personally I would prefer this above the function definitions (but
obviously that is up to you).

> +
> +/*
> + * Helpers for postponed numbers.
> + *
> + * postponed_length is the number of digits in postponed value. 0
> + * means there is no postponed number. -1 means there is a postponed
> + * number, but it comes from a keyword, and it doesn't have digits.
> + */
> +static int
> +get_postponed_length (struct state *state)
> +{
> +    return state->postponed_length;
> +}
> +
> +static bool
> +get_postponed_number (struct state *state, int *v, int *n)
> +{
> +    if (!state->postponed_length)
> +     return false;
> +
> +    if (n)
> +     *n = state->postponed_length;
> +
> +    if (v)
> +     *v = state->postponed_value;
> +
> +    state->postponed_length = 0;
> +    state->postponed_value = 0;
> +
> +    return true;
> +}
> +
> +/* parse postponed number if one exists */
> +static int parse_postponed_number (struct state *state, int v, int n);
> +static int
> +handle_postponed_number (struct state *state)
> +{
> +    int v = state->postponed_value;
> +    int n = state->postponed_length;
> +
> +    if (!n)
> +     return 0;
> +
> +    state->postponed_value = 0;
> +    state->postponed_length = 0;
> +
> +    return parse_postponed_number (state, v, n);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * set new postponed number to be handled later. if one exists
> + * already, handle it first. n may be -1 to indicate a keyword that
> + * has no number length.
> + */
> +static int
> +set_postponed_number (struct state *state, int v, int n)
> +{
> +    int r;
> +
> +    /* parse previous postponed number, if any */
> +    r = handle_postponed_number (state);
> +    if (r)
> +     return r;
> +
> +    state->postponed_length = n;
> +    state->postponed_value = v;
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +set_delim (struct state *state, char delim)
> +{
> +    state->delim = delim;
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +unset_delim (struct state *state)
> +{
> +    state->delim = 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Field set/get/mod helpers.
> + */
> +
> +/* returns unset for non-tracked fields */
> +static bool
> +is_field_set (struct state *state, enum field field)
> +{
> +    assert (field < ARRAY_SIZE (state->tm));
> +
> +    return field < ARRAY_SIZE (state->set) &&
> +        state->set[field] != FIELD_UNSET;
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +unset_field (struct state *state, enum field field)
> +{
> +    assert (field < ARRAY_SIZE (state->tm));
> +
> +    state->set[field] = FIELD_UNSET;
> +    state->tm[field] = 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* Set field to value. */
> +static int
> +set_field (struct state *state, enum field field, int value)
> +{
> +    int r;
> +
> +    assert (field < ARRAY_SIZE (state->tm));
> +
> +    /* some fields can only be set once */
> +    if (field < ARRAY_SIZE (state->set) && state->set[field] != FIELD_UNSET)
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_ALREADYSET;
> +
> +    state->set[field] = FIELD_SET;
> +
> +    /*
> +     * REVISIT: There could be a "next_field" that would be set from
> +     * "field" for the duration of the handle_postponed_number() call,
> +     * so it has more information to work with.
> +     */
> +
> +    /* parse postponed number, if any */
> +    r = handle_postponed_number (state);
> +    if (r)
> +     return r;
> +
> +    unset_delim (state);
> +
> +    state->tm[field] = value;
> +    state->last_field = field;
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Mark n fields in fields to be set to current date/time in the
> + * specified time zone, or local timezone if not specified. The fields
> + * will be initialized after parsing is complete and timezone is
> + * known.
> + */
> +static int
> +set_fields_to_now (struct state *state, enum field *fields, size_t n)
> +{
> +    size_t i;
> +    int r;
> +
> +    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
> +     r = set_field (state, fields[i], 0);
> +     if (r)
> +         return r;
> +     state->set[fields[i]] = FIELD_NOW;
> +    }
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* Modify field by adding value to it. To be used on relative fields. */
> +static int
> +mod_field (struct state *state, enum field field, int value)
> +{
> +    int r;
> +
> +    assert (field < ARRAY_SIZE (state->tm));   /* assert relative??? */
> +
> +    if (field < ARRAY_SIZE (state->set))
> +     state->set[field] = FIELD_SET;
> +
> +    /* parse postponed number, if any */
> +    r = handle_postponed_number (state);
> +    if (r)
> +     return r;
> +
> +    unset_delim (state);
> +
> +    state->tm[field] += value;
> +    state->last_field = field;
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Get field value. Make sure the field is set before query. It's most
> + * likely an error to call this while parsing (for example fields set
> + * as FIELD_NOW will only be set to some value after parsing).
> + */
> +static int
> +get_field (struct state *state, enum field field)
> +{
> +    assert (field < ARRAY_SIZE (state->tm));
> +
> +    return state->tm[field];
> +}
> +
> +/* Unset indicator for time and date set helpers. */
> +#define UNSET -1
> +
> +/* Time set helper. No input checking. Use UNSET (-1) to leave unset. */
> +static int
> +set_abs_time (struct state *state, int hour, int min, int sec)
> +{
> +    int r;
> +
> +    if (hour != UNSET) {
> +     if ((r = set_field (state, TM_ABS_HOUR, hour)))
> +         return r;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (min != UNSET) {
> +     if ((r = set_field (state, TM_ABS_MIN, min)))
> +         return r;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (sec != UNSET) {
> +     if ((r = set_field (state, TM_ABS_SEC, sec)))
> +         return r;
> +    }
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* Date set helper. No input checking. Use UNSET (-1) to leave unset. */
> +static int
> +set_abs_date (struct state *state, int year, int mon, int mday)
> +{
> +    int r;
> +
> +    if (year != UNSET) {
> +     if ((r = set_field (state, TM_ABS_YEAR, year)))
> +         return r;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (mon != UNSET) {
> +     if ((r = set_field (state, TM_ABS_MON, mon)))
> +         return r;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (mday != UNSET) {
> +     if ((r = set_field (state, TM_ABS_MDAY, mday)))
> +         return r;
> +    }
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Keyword parsing and handling.
> + */
> +struct keyword;
> +typedef int (*setter_t)(struct state *state, struct keyword *kw);
> +
> +struct keyword {
> +    const char *name;        /* keyword */
> +    size_t minlen;   /* min length to match, 0 = must match all */
> +    enum field field;        /* field to set, or FIELD_NONE if N/A */
> +    int value;               /* value to set, or 0 if N/A */
> +    setter_t set;    /* function to use for setting, if non-NULL */
> +};
> +
> +/*
> + * Setter callback functions for keywords.
> + */
> +static int
> +kw_set_default (struct state *state, struct keyword *kw)
> +{
> +    return set_field (state, kw->field, kw->value);
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +kw_set_rel (struct state *state, struct keyword *kw)
> +{
> +    int multiplier = 1;
> +
> +    /* get a previously set multiplier, if any */
> +    get_postponed_number (state, &multiplier, NULL);
> +
> +    /* accumulate relative field values */
> +    return mod_field (state, kw->field, multiplier * kw->value);
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +kw_set_number (struct state *state, struct keyword *kw)
> +{
> +    /* -1 = no length, from keyword */
> +    return set_postponed_number (state, kw->value, -1);
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +kw_set_month (struct state *state, struct keyword *kw)
> +{
> +    int n = get_postponed_length (state);
> +
> +    /* consume postponed number if it could be mday */
> +    if (n == 1 || n == 2) {
> +     int r, v;
> +
> +     get_postponed_number (state, &v, NULL);
> +
> +     if (v < 1 || v > 31)
> +         return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDDATE;
> +
> +     r = set_field (state, TM_ABS_MDAY, v);
> +     if (r)
> +         return r;
> +    }
> +
> +    return set_field (state, kw->field, kw->value);
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +kw_set_ampm (struct state *state, struct keyword *kw)
> +{
> +    int n = get_postponed_length (state);
> +
> +    /* consume postponed number if it could be hour */
> +    if (n == 1 || n == 2) {
> +     int r, v;
> +
> +     get_postponed_number (state, &v, NULL);
> +
> +     if (v < 1 || v > 12)
> +         return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDTIME;
> +
> +     r = set_abs_time (state, v, 0, 0);
> +     if (r)
> +         return r;
> +    }
> +
> +    return set_field (state, kw->field, kw->value);
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +kw_set_timeofday (struct state *state, struct keyword *kw)
> +{
> +    return set_abs_time (state, kw->value, 0, 0);
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +kw_set_today (struct state *state, struct keyword *kw)
> +{
> +    enum field fields[] = { TM_ABS_YEAR, TM_ABS_MON, TM_ABS_MDAY };
> +
> +    return set_fields_to_now (state, fields, ARRAY_SIZE (fields));
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +kw_set_now (struct state *state, struct keyword *kw)
> +{
> +    enum field fields[] = { TM_ABS_HOUR, TM_ABS_MIN, TM_ABS_SEC };
> +
> +    return set_fields_to_now (state, fields, ARRAY_SIZE (fields));
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +kw_set_ordinal (struct state *state, struct keyword *kw)
> +{
> +    int n, v;
> +
> +    /* require a postponed number */
> +    if (!get_postponed_number (state, &v, &n))
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_DATEFORMAT;
> +
> +    /* ordinals are mday */
> +    if (n != 1 && n != 2)
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_DATEFORMAT;
> +
> +    /* be strict about st, nd, rd, and lax about th */
> +    if (strcasecmp (kw->name, "st") == 0 && v != 1 && v != 21 && v != 31)
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDDATE;
> +    else if (strcasecmp (kw->name, "nd") == 0 && v != 2 && v != 22)
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDDATE;
> +    else if (strcasecmp (kw->name, "rd") == 0 && v != 3 && v != 23)
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDDATE;
> +    else if (strcasecmp (kw->name, "th") == 0 && (v < 1 || v > 31))
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDDATE;
> +
> +    return set_field (state, TM_ABS_MDAY, v);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Accepted keywords.
> + *
> + * If keyword begins with upper case letter, then the matching will be
> + * case sensitive. Otherwise the matching is case insensitive.
> + *
> + * If setter is NULL, set_default will be used.
> + *
> + * Note: Order matters. Matching is greedy, longest match is used, but
> + * of equal length matches the first one is used.
> + */
> +static struct keyword keywords[] = {
> +    /* weekdays */
> +    { "sunday",              3,      TM_ABS_WDAY,    0,      NULL },
> +    { "monday",              3,      TM_ABS_WDAY,    1,      NULL },
> +    { "tuesday",     3,      TM_ABS_WDAY,    2,      NULL },
> +    { "wednesday",   3,      TM_ABS_WDAY,    3,      NULL },
> +    { "thursday",    3,      TM_ABS_WDAY,    4,      NULL },
> +    { "friday",              3,      TM_ABS_WDAY,    5,      NULL },
> +    { "saturday",    3,      TM_ABS_WDAY,    6,      NULL },
> +
> +    /* months */
> +    { "january",     3,      TM_ABS_MON,     1,      kw_set_month },
> +    { "february",    3,      TM_ABS_MON,     2,      kw_set_month },
> +    { "march",               3,      TM_ABS_MON,     3,      kw_set_month },
> +    { "april",               3,      TM_ABS_MON,     4,      kw_set_month },
> +    { "may",         3,      TM_ABS_MON,     5,      kw_set_month },
> +    { "june",                3,      TM_ABS_MON,     6,      kw_set_month },
> +    { "july",                3,      TM_ABS_MON,     7,      kw_set_month },
> +    { "august",              3,      TM_ABS_MON,     8,      kw_set_month },
> +    { "september",   3,      TM_ABS_MON,     9,      kw_set_month },
> +    { "october",     3,      TM_ABS_MON,     10,     kw_set_month },
> +    { "november",    3,      TM_ABS_MON,     11,     kw_set_month },
> +    { "december",    3,      TM_ABS_MON,     12,     kw_set_month },
> +
> +    /* durations */
> +    { "years",               1,      TM_REL_YEAR,    1,      kw_set_rel },
> +    { "weeks",               1,      TM_REL_WEEK,    1,      kw_set_rel },
> +    { "days",                1,      TM_REL_DAY,     1,      kw_set_rel },
> +    { "hours",               1,      TM_REL_HOUR,    1,      kw_set_rel },
> +    { "hrs",         1,      TM_REL_HOUR,    1,      kw_set_rel },
> +    /* M=months, m=minutes. single M must precede minutes in the list. */
> +    { "M",           1,      TM_REL_MON,     1,      kw_set_rel },
> +    { "minutes",     1,      TM_REL_MIN,     1,      kw_set_rel },
> +    { "mins",                1,      TM_REL_MIN,     1,      kw_set_rel },
> +    { "months",              1,      TM_REL_MON,     1,      kw_set_rel },
> +    { "seconds",     1,      TM_REL_SEC,     1,      kw_set_rel },
> +    { "secs",                1,      TM_REL_SEC,     1,      kw_set_rel },
> +
> +    /* numbers */
> +    { "one",         0,      TM_NONE,        1,      kw_set_number },
> +    { "two",         0,      TM_NONE,        2,      kw_set_number },
> +    { "three",               0,      TM_NONE,        3,      kw_set_number },
> +    { "four",                0,      TM_NONE,        4,      kw_set_number },
> +    { "five",                0,      TM_NONE,        5,      kw_set_number },
> +    { "six",         0,      TM_NONE,        6,      kw_set_number },
> +    { "seven",               0,      TM_NONE,        7,      kw_set_number },
> +    { "eight",               0,      TM_NONE,        8,      kw_set_number },
> +    { "nine",                0,      TM_NONE,        9,      kw_set_number },
> +    { "ten",         0,      TM_NONE,        10,     kw_set_number },
> +    { "dozen",               0,      TM_NONE,        12,     kw_set_number },
> +    { "hundred",     0,      TM_NONE,        100,    kw_set_number },
> +
> +    /* special number forms */
> +    { "this",                0,      TM_NONE,        0,      kw_set_number },
> +    { "last",                0,      TM_NONE,        1,      kw_set_number },
> +
> +    /* specials */
> +    { "yesterday",   0,      TM_REL_DAY,     1,      kw_set_rel },
> +    { "today",               0,      TM_NONE,        0,      kw_set_today },
> +    { "now",         0,      TM_NONE,        0,      kw_set_now },
> +    { "noon",                0,      TM_NONE,        12,     
> kw_set_timeofday },
> +    { "midnight",    0,      TM_NONE,        0,      kw_set_timeofday },
> +    { "am",          0,      TM_AMPM,        0,      kw_set_ampm },
> +    { "a.m.",                0,      TM_AMPM,        0,      kw_set_ampm },
> +    { "pm",          0,      TM_AMPM,        1,      kw_set_ampm },
> +    { "p.m.",                0,      TM_AMPM,        1,      kw_set_ampm },
> +    { "st",          0,      TM_NONE,        0,      kw_set_ordinal },
> +    { "nd",          0,      TM_NONE,        0,      kw_set_ordinal },
> +    { "rd",          0,      TM_NONE,        0,      kw_set_ordinal },
> +    { "th",          0,      TM_NONE,        0,      kw_set_ordinal },
> +
> +    /* timezone codes: offset in minutes. FIXME: add more codes. */
> +    { "pst",         0,      TM_TZ,          -8*60,  NULL },
> +    { "mst",         0,      TM_TZ,          -7*60,  NULL },
> +    { "cst",         0,      TM_TZ,          -6*60,  NULL },
> +    { "est",         0,      TM_TZ,          -5*60,  NULL },
> +    { "ast",         0,      TM_TZ,          -4*60,  NULL },
> +    { "nst",         0,      TM_TZ,          -(3*60+30),     NULL },
> +
> +    { "gmt",         0,      TM_TZ,          0,      NULL },
> +    { "utc",         0,      TM_TZ,          0,      NULL },
> +
> +    { "wet",         0,      TM_TZ,          0,      NULL },
> +    { "cet",         0,      TM_TZ,          1*60,   NULL },
> +    { "eet",         0,      TM_TZ,          2*60,   NULL },
> +    { "fet",         0,      TM_TZ,          3*60,   NULL },
> +
> +    { "wat",         0,      TM_TZ,          1*60,   NULL },
> +    { "cat",         0,      TM_TZ,          2*60,   NULL },
> +    { "eat",         0,      TM_TZ,          3*60,   NULL },
> +};
> +
> +/*
> + * Compare strings s and keyword. Return number of matching chars on
> + * match, 0 for no match. Match must be at least n chars (n == 0 all
> + * of keyword), otherwise it's not a match. Use match_case for case
> + * sensitive matching.
> + */
> +static size_t
> +stringcmp (const char *s, const char *keyword, size_t n, bool match_case)
> +{
> +    size_t i;
> +
> +    for (i = 0; *s && *keyword; i++, s++, keyword++) {
> +     if (match_case) {
> +         if (*s != *keyword)
> +             break;
> +     } else {
> +         if (tolower ((unsigned char) *s) !=
> +             tolower ((unsigned char) *keyword))
> +             break;
> +     }
> +    }
> +
> +    if (n)
> +     return i < n ? 0 : i;
> +    else
> +     return *keyword ? 0 : i;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Parse a keyword. Return < 0 on error, number of parsed chars on
> + * success.
> + */
> +static ssize_t
> +parse_keyword (struct state *state, const char *s)
> +{
> +    unsigned int i;
> +    size_t n, max_n = 0;
> +    struct keyword *kw = NULL;
> +    int r;
> +
> +    /* Match longest keyword */
> +    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (keywords); i++) {
> +     /* Match case if keyword begins with upper case letter. */
> +     bool mcase = isupper ((unsigned char) keywords[i].name[0]);
> +
> +     n = stringcmp (s, keywords[i].name, keywords[i].minlen, mcase);
> +     if (n > max_n) {
> +         max_n = n;
> +         kw = &keywords[i];
> +     }
> +    }
> +
> +    if (!kw)
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_KEYWORD;
> +
> +    if (kw->set)
> +     r = kw->set (state, kw);
> +    else
> +     r = kw_set_default (state, kw);
> +
> +    return r < 0 ? r : max_n;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Non-keyword parsers and their helpers.
> + */
> +
> +static int
> +set_user_tz (struct state *state, char sign, int hour, int min)
> +{
> +    int tz = hour * 60 + min;
> +
> +    assert (sign == '+' || sign == '-');
> +
> +    if (hour < 0 || hour > 14 || min < 0 || min > 60 || min % 15)
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDTIME;
> +
> +    if (sign == '-')
> +     tz = -tz;
> +
> +    return set_field (state, TM_TZ, tz);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Independent parsing of a postponed number when it wasn't consumed
> + * during parsing of the following token.
> + *
> + * This should be able to trust that last_field and next_field are
> + * right.
> + */
> +static int
> +parse_postponed_number (struct state *state, int v, int n)
> +{
> +    /*
> +     * alright, these are really lone, won't affect parsing of
> +     * following items... it's not a multiplier, those have been eaten
> +     * away.
> +     *
> +     * also note numbers eaten away by parse_single_number.
> +     */
> +
> +    assert (n < 8);
> +
> +    switch (n) {
> +    case 1:
> +    case 2:
> +     /* hour or mday or year */
> +     if (state->last_field == TM_ABS_MON &&  /* FIXME: written mon! */
> +         !is_field_set (state, TM_ABS_MDAY)) {
> +         return set_field (state, TM_ABS_MDAY, v);
> +     }
> +     break;
> +    case 4:
> +     /* YYYY or +/-HHMM for TZ or HHMM or DDMM */
> +     /* FIXME: state->delim is no longer right for this function!
> +      * why not, it could be! */
> +     if (!is_field_set (state, TM_ABS_YEAR)) {
> +         /* FIXME: check year? */
> +         return set_field (state, TM_ABS_YEAR, v);
> +     }
> +     break;
> +    case 6:
> +     /* FIXME: HHMMSS or DDMMYY */
> +     break;
> +    case -1:
> +     /* REVISIT */
> +     break;
> +    case 3:
> +    case 5:
> +    case 7:
> +    default:
> +     break;
> +    }
> +
> +    return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_FORMAT;
> +}
> +
> +/* Parse a single number. Typically postpone parsing until later. */
> +static int
> +parse_single_number (struct state *state, unsigned long v,
> +                  unsigned long n)
> +{
> +    assert (n);
> +
> +    /* parse things that can be parsed immediately */
> +    if (n == 8) {
> +     /* YYYYMMDD */
> +     int year = v / 10000;
> +     int mon = (v / 100) % 100;
> +     int mday = v % 100;
> +
> +     if (year < 1970 || mon < 1 || mon > 12 || mday < 1 || mday > 31)
> +         return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDDATE;

I think dates are checked for validity in more than one place. It might
be worth pulling that out into a function. In particular, someone might
want to check mday depending on month at some point.

> +
> +     return set_abs_date (state, year, mon, mday);
> +    } else if (n > 8) {
> +     /* FIXME: seconds since epoch */
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_FORMAT;
> +    }

This is probably an important FIXME for notmuch for backward compatibility.

> +
> +    if (v > INT_MAX)
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_FORMAT;
> +
> +    return set_postponed_number (state, v, n);
> +}
> +
> +static bool
> +is_time_sep (char c)
> +{
> +    return c == ':';
> +}
> +
> +static bool
> +is_date_sep (char c)
> +{
> +    return c == '/' || c == '-' || c == '.';
> +}
> +
> +static bool
> +is_sep (char c)
> +{
> +    return is_time_sep (c) || is_date_sep (c);
> +}
> +
> +/* two-digit year: 00...69 is 2000s, 70...99 1900s, if n == 0 keep unset */
> +static int
> +expand_year (unsigned long year, size_t n)
> +{
> +    if (n == 2) {
> +     return (year < 70 ? 2000 : 1900) + year;
> +    } else if (n == 4) {
> +     return year;
> +    } else {
> +     return UNSET;
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +parse_date (struct state *state, char sep,
> +         unsigned long v1, unsigned long v2, unsigned long v3,
> +         size_t n1, size_t n2, size_t n3)
> +{
> +    int year = UNSET, mon = UNSET, mday = UNSET;
> +
> +    assert (is_date_sep (sep));
> +
> +    switch (sep) {
> +    case '/': /* Date: M[M]/D[D][/YY[YY]] or M[M]/YYYY */
> +     if (n1 != 1 && n1 != 2)
> +         return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_DATEFORMAT;
> +
> +     if ((n2 == 1 || n2 == 2) && (n3 == 0 || n3 == 2 || n3 == 4)) {
> +         /* M[M]/D[D][/YY[YY]] */
> +         year = expand_year (v3, n3);
> +         mon = v1;
> +         mday = v2;
> +     } else if (n2 == 4 && n3 == 0) {
> +         /* M[M]/YYYY */
> +         year = v2;
> +         mon = v1;
> +     } else {
> +         return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_DATEFORMAT;
> +     }
> +     break;
> +
> +    case '-': /* Date: YYYY-MM[-DD] or DD-MM[-YY[YY]] or MM-YYYY */
> +     if (n1 == 4 && n2 == 2 && (n3 == 0 || n3 == 2)) {
> +         /* YYYY-MM[-DD] */
> +         year = v1;
> +         mon = v2;
> +         if (n3)
> +             mday = v3;
> +     } else if (n1 == 2 && n2 == 2 && (n3 == 0 || n3 == 2 || n3 == 4)) {
> +         /* DD-MM[-YY[YY]] */
> +         year = expand_year (v3, n3);
> +         mon = v2;
> +         mday = v1;
> +     } else if (n1 == 2 && n2 == 4 && n3 == 0) {
> +         /* MM-YYYY */
> +         year = v2;
> +         mon = v1;
> +     } else {
> +         return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_DATEFORMAT;
> +     }
> +     break;
> +
> +    case '.': /* Date: D[D].M[M][.[YY[YY]]] */
> +     if ((n1 != 1 && n1 != 2) || (n2 != 1 && n2 != 2) ||
> +         (n3 != 0 && n3 != 2 && n3 != 4))
> +         return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_DATEFORMAT;
> +
> +     year = expand_year (v3, n3);
> +     mon = v2;
> +     mday = v1;
> +     break;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (year != UNSET && year < 1970)
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDDATE;
> +
> +    if (mon != UNSET && (mon < 1 || mon > 12))
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDDATE;
> +
> +    if (mday != UNSET && (mday < 1 || mday > 31))
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDDATE;
> +
> +    return set_abs_date (state, year, mon, mday);
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +parse_time (struct state *state, char sep,
> +         unsigned long v1, unsigned long v2, unsigned long v3,
> +         size_t n1, size_t n2, size_t n3)
> +{
> +    assert (is_time_sep (sep));
> +
> +    if ((n1 != 1 && n1 != 2) || n2 != 2 || (n3 != 0 && n3 != 2))
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_TIMEFORMAT;
> +
> +    /*
> +     * REVISIT: this means it's required to set time *before* being
> +     * able to set timezone
> +     */
> +    if (is_field_set (state, TM_ABS_HOUR) &&
> +     is_field_set (state, TM_ABS_MIN) &&
> +     n1 == 2 && n2 == 2 && n3 == 0 &&
> +     (state->delim == '+' || state->delim == '-')) {
> +     return set_user_tz (state, state->delim, v1, v2);
> +    }
> +
> +    if (v1 > 24 || v2 > 60 || v3 > 60)
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDTIME;

Are the > rather than >= deliberate here (i.e. do you mean to allow 60
for minutes or seconds)?

> +
> +    return set_abs_time (state, v1, v2, n3 ? v3 : 0);
> +}
> +
> +/* strtoul helper that assigns length */
> +static unsigned long
> +strtoul_len (const char *s, const char **endp, size_t *len)
> +{
> +    unsigned long val = strtoul (s, (char **) endp, 10);
> +
> +    *len = *endp - s;
> +    return val;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Parse a (group of) number(s). Return < 0 on error, number of parsed
> + * chars on success.
> + */
> +static ssize_t
> +parse_number (struct state *state, const char *s)
> +{
> +    int r;
> +    unsigned long v1, v2, v3 = 0;
> +    size_t n1, n2, n3 = 0;
> +    const char *p = s;
> +    char sep;
> +
> +    v1 = strtoul_len (p, &p, &n1);
> +
> +    if (is_sep (*p) && isdigit ((unsigned char) *(p + 1))) {
> +     sep = *p;
> +     v2 = strtoul_len (p + 1, &p, &n2);
> +    } else {
> +     /* a single number */
> +     r = parse_single_number (state, v1, n1);
> +     if (r)
> +         return r;
> +
> +     return p - s;
> +    }
> +
> +    /* a group of two or three numbers? */
> +    if (*p == sep && isdigit ((unsigned char) *(p + 1)))
> +     v3 = strtoul_len (p + 1, &p, &n3);
> +
> +    if (is_time_sep (sep))
> +     r = parse_time (state, sep, v1, v2, v3, n1, n2, n3);
> +    else
> +     r = parse_date (state, sep, v1, v2, v3, n1, n2, n3);
> +
> +    if (r)
> +     return r;
> +
> +    return p - s;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Parse delimiter(s). Return < 0 on error, number of parsed chars on
> + * success.
> + */
> +static ssize_t
> +parse_delim (struct state *state, const char *s)
> +{
> +    const char *p = s;
> +
> +    /*
> +     * REVISIT: any actions depending on the first delim after last
> +     * field? what could it be?
> +     */
> +
> +    /*
> +     * skip non-alpha and non-digit, and store the last for further
> +     * processing
> +     */
> +    while (*p && !isalnum ((unsigned char) *p)) {
> +     set_delim (state, *p);
> +     p++;
> +    }
> +
> +    return p - s;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Parse a date/time string. Return < 0 on error, number of parsed
> + * chars on success.
> + */
> +static ssize_t
> +parse_input (struct state *state, const char *s)
> +{
> +    const char *p = s;
> +    ssize_t n;
> +    int r;
> +
> +    while (*p) {
> +     if (isalpha ((unsigned char) *p)) {
> +         n = parse_keyword (state, p);
> +     } else if (isdigit ((unsigned char) *p)) {
> +         n = parse_number (state, p);
> +     } else {
> +         n = parse_delim (state, p);
> +     }
> +
> +     if (n <= 0) {
> +         if (n == 0)
> +             n = -PARSE_TIME_ERR;
> +
> +         return n;             /* FIXME */
> +     }
> +
> +     p += n;
> +    }
> +
> +    /* parse postponed number, if any */
> +    r = handle_postponed_number (state);
> +    if (r < 0)
> +     return r;
> +
> +    return p - s;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Processing the parsed input.
> + */
> +
> +/*
> + * Initialize reference time to tm. Use time zone in state if
> + * specified, otherwise local time. Use now for reference time if
> + * non-NULL, otherwise current time.
> + */
> +static int
> +initialize_now (struct state *state, struct tm *tm, const time_t *now)
> +{
> +    time_t t;
> +
> +    if (now) {
> +     t = *now;
> +    } else {
> +     if (time (&t) == (time_t) -1)
> +         return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_LIB;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (is_field_set (state, TM_TZ)) {
> +     /* some other time zone */
> +
> +     /* adjust now according to the TZ */
> +     t += get_field (state, TM_TZ) * 60;
> +
> +     /* it's not gm, but this doesn't mess with the tz */
> +     if (gmtime_r (&t, tm) == NULL)
> +         return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_LIB;
> +    } else {
> +     /* local time */
> +     if (localtime_r (&t, tm) == NULL)
> +         return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_LIB;
> +    }
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Normalize tm according to mktime(3). Both mktime(3) and
> + * localtime_r(3) use local time, but they cancel each other out here,
> + * making this function agnostic to time zone.
> + */
> +static int
> +normalize_tm (struct tm *tm)
> +{
> +    time_t t = mktime (tm);
> +
> +    if (t == (time_t) -1)
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_LIB;
> +
> +    if (!localtime_r (&t, tm))
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_LIB;
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* Get field out of a struct tm. */
> +static int
> +tm_get_field (const struct tm *tm, enum field field)
> +{
> +    switch (field) {
> +    case TM_ABS_SEC: return tm->tm_sec;
> +    case TM_ABS_MIN: return tm->tm_min;
> +    case TM_ABS_HOUR:        return tm->tm_hour;
> +    case TM_ABS_MDAY:        return tm->tm_mday;
> +    case TM_ABS_MON: return tm->tm_mon + 1; /* 0- to 1-based */
> +    case TM_ABS_YEAR:        return 1900 + tm->tm_year;
> +    case TM_ABS_WDAY:        return tm->tm_wday;
> +    case TM_ABS_ISDST:       return tm->tm_isdst;
> +    default:
> +     assert (false);
> +     break;
> +    }
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* Modify hour according to am/pm setting. */
> +static int
> +fixup_ampm (struct state *state)
> +{
> +    int hour, hdiff = 0;
> +
> +    if (!is_field_set (state, TM_AMPM))
> +     return 0;
> +
> +    if (!is_field_set (state, TM_ABS_HOUR))
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_TIMEFORMAT;
> +
> +    hour = get_field (state, TM_ABS_HOUR);
> +    if (hour < 1 || hour > 12)
> +     return -PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDTIME;
> +
> +    if (get_field (state, TM_AMPM)) {
> +     /* 12pm is noon */
> +     if (hour != 12)
> +         hdiff = 12;
> +    } else {
> +     /* 12am is midnight, beginning of day */
> +     if (hour == 12)
> +         hdiff = -12;
> +    }
> +
> +    mod_field (state, TM_REL_HOUR, -hdiff);
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* Combine absolute and relative fields, and round. */
> +static int
> +create_output (struct state *state, time_t *t_out, const time_t *tnow,
> +            int round)
> +{
> +    struct tm tm = { 0 };
> +    struct tm now;
> +    enum field f;
> +    int r;
> +    int week_round = PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND;
> +
> +    r = initialize_now (state, &now, tnow);
> +    if (r)
> +     return r;
> +
> +    /* initialize uninitialized fields to now */
> +    for (f = TM_ABS_SEC; f != TM_NONE; f = next_field (f)) {
> +     if (state->set[f] == FIELD_NOW) {
> +         state->tm[f] = tm_get_field (&now, f);
> +         state->set[f] = FIELD_SET;
> +     }
> +    }
> +
> +    /*
> +     * If MON is set but YEAR is not, refer to past month.
> +     *
> +     * REVISIT: Why are month/week special in this regard? What about
> +     * mday, or time. Should refer to past.
> +     */
> +    if (is_field_set (state, TM_ABS_MON) &&
> +     !is_field_set (state, TM_ABS_YEAR)) {
> +     if (get_field (state, TM_ABS_MON) >= tm_get_field (&now, TM_ABS_MON))
> +         mod_field (state, TM_REL_YEAR, 1);
> +    }
> +
> +    /*
> +     * If WDAY is set but MDAY is not, we consider WDAY relative
> +     *
> +     * REVISIT: This fails on stuff like "two months ago monday"
> +     * because two months ago wasn't the same day as today. Postpone
> +     * until we know date?
> +     */
> +    if (is_field_set (state, TM_ABS_WDAY) &&
> +     !is_field_set (state, TM_ABS_MDAY)) {
> +     int wday = get_field (state, TM_ABS_WDAY);
> +     int today = tm_get_field (&now, TM_ABS_WDAY);
> +     int rel_days;
> +
> +     if (today > wday)
> +         rel_days = today - wday;
> +     else
> +         rel_days = today + 7 - wday;
> +
> +     /* this also prevents special week rounding from happening */
> +     mod_field (state, TM_REL_DAY, rel_days);
> +
> +     unset_field (state, TM_ABS_WDAY);
> +    }
> +
> +    r = fixup_ampm (state);
> +    if (r)
> +     return r;
> +
> +    /*
> +     * Iterate fields from least accurate to most accurate, and set
> +     * unset fields according to requested rounding.
> +     */
> +    for (f = TM_ABS_SEC; f != TM_NONE; f = next_field (f)) {
> +     if (round != PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND) {
> +         enum field r = abs_to_rel_field (f);

The comment and the code seem to disagree on the ordering.

> +
> +         if (is_field_set (state, f) || is_field_set (state, r)) {
> +             if (round >= PARSE_TIME_ROUND_UP)
> +                 mod_field (state, r, -1);
> +             round = PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND; /* no more rounding */
> +         } else {
> +             if (f == TM_ABS_MDAY &&
> +                 is_field_set (state, TM_REL_WEEK)) {
> +                 /* week is most accurate */
> +                 week_round = round;
> +                 round = PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND;
> +             } else {
> +                 set_field (state, f, field_zero (f));
> +             }
> +         }
> +     }
> +
> +     if (!is_field_set (state, f))
> +         set_field (state, f, tm_get_field (&now, f));
> +    }
> +
> +    /* special case: rounding with week accuracy */
> +    if (week_round != PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND) {
> +     /* temporarily set more accurate fields to now */
> +     set_field (state, TM_ABS_SEC, tm_get_field (&now, TM_ABS_SEC));
> +     set_field (state, TM_ABS_MIN, tm_get_field (&now, TM_ABS_MIN));
> +     set_field (state, TM_ABS_HOUR, tm_get_field (&now, TM_ABS_HOUR));
> +     set_field (state, TM_ABS_MDAY, tm_get_field (&now, TM_ABS_MDAY));
> +    }
> +
> +    /*
> +     * set all fields. they may contain out of range values before
> +     * normalization by mktime(3).
> +     */
> +    tm.tm_sec = get_field (state, TM_ABS_SEC) - get_field (state, 
> TM_REL_SEC);
> +    tm.tm_min = get_field (state, TM_ABS_MIN) - get_field (state, 
> TM_REL_MIN);
> +    tm.tm_hour = get_field (state, TM_ABS_HOUR) - get_field (state, 
> TM_REL_HOUR);
> +    tm.tm_mday = get_field (state, TM_ABS_MDAY) -
> +              get_field (state, TM_REL_DAY) - 7 * get_field (state, 
> TM_REL_WEEK);
> +    tm.tm_mon = get_field (state, TM_ABS_MON) - get_field (state, 
> TM_REL_MON);
> +    tm.tm_mon--; /* 1- to 0-based */
> +    tm.tm_year = get_field (state, TM_ABS_YEAR) - get_field (state, 
> TM_REL_YEAR) - 1900;
> +
> +    /*
> +     * It's always normal time.
> +     *
> +     * REVISIT: This is probably not a solution that universally
> +     * works. Just make sure DST is not taken into account. We don't
> +     * want rounding to be affected by DST.
> +     */
> +    tm.tm_isdst = -1;
> +
> +    /* special case: rounding with week accuracy */
> +    if (week_round != PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND) {
> +     /* normalize to get proper tm.wday */
> +     r = normalize_tm (&tm);
> +     if (r < 0)
> +         return r;
> +
> +     /* set more accurate fields back to zero */
> +     tm.tm_sec = 0;
> +     tm.tm_min = 0;
> +     tm.tm_hour = 0;
> +     tm.tm_isdst = -1;
> +
> +     /* monday is the true 1st day of week, but this is easier */
> +     if (week_round <= PARSE_TIME_ROUND_DOWN)
> +         tm.tm_mday -= tm.tm_wday;
> +     else
> +         tm.tm_mday += 7 - tm.tm_wday;
> +    }
> +
> +    /* if TZ specified, convert from TZ to local time for mktime(3) */
> +    if (is_field_set (state, TM_TZ)) {
> +     time_t t = mktime (&tm);
> +
> +     /* from specified TZ to UTC */
> +     tm.tm_min -= get_field (state, TM_TZ);
> +
> +     /* from UTC to local TZ (yes, it's hacky - FIXME) */
> +     tm.tm_sec += difftime (mktime (localtime (&t)), mktime (gmtime (&t)));
> +    }
> +
> +    /* FIXME: check return value, don't set if fail */
> +    *t_out = mktime (&tm);
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* internally, all errors are < 0. parse_time_string() returns errors > 0. */
> +#define EXTERNAL_ERR(r) (-r)
> +
> +int
> +parse_time_string (const char *s, time_t *t, const time_t *now, int round)
> +{
> +    struct state state = { { 0 } };
> +    int r;
> +
> +    if (!s || !t)
> +     return EXTERNAL_ERR (-PARSE_TIME_ERR);
> +
> +    r = parse_input (&state, s);
> +    if (r < 0)
> +     return EXTERNAL_ERR (r);
> +
> +    r = create_output (&state, t, now, round);
> +    if (r < 0)
> +     return EXTERNAL_ERR (r);
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> diff --git a/lib/parse-time-string.h b/lib/parse-time-string.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..50b7c6f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/lib/parse-time-string.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
> +/*
> + * parse time string - user friendly date and time parser
> + * Copyright ? 2012 Jani Nikula
> + *
> + * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
> + * (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> + * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> + *
> + * Author: Jani Nikula <jani at nikula.org>
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef PARSE_TIME_STRING_H
> +#define PARSE_TIME_STRING_H
> +
> +#ifdef __cplusplus
> +extern "C" {
> +#endif
> +
> +#include <time.h>
> +
> +/* return values for parse_time_string() */
> +enum {
> +    PARSE_TIME_OK = 0,
> +    PARSE_TIME_ERR,          /* unspecified error */
> +    PARSE_TIME_ERR_LIB,              /* library call failed */
> +    PARSE_TIME_ERR_ALREADYSET,       /* attempt to set unit twice */
> +    PARSE_TIME_ERR_FORMAT,   /* generic date/time format error */
> +    PARSE_TIME_ERR_DATEFORMAT,       /* date format error */
> +    PARSE_TIME_ERR_TIMEFORMAT,       /* time format error */
> +    PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDDATE,      /* date value error */
> +    PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDTIME,      /* time value error */
> +    PARSE_TIME_ERR_KEYWORD,  /* unknown keyword */
> +};
> +
> +/* round values for parse_time_string() */
> +enum {
> +    PARSE_TIME_ROUND_DOWN = -1,
> +    PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND = 0,
> +    PARSE_TIME_ROUND_UP = 1,
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * parse_time_string() - user friendly date and time parser
> + * @s:               string to parse
> + * @t:               pointer to time_t to store parsed time in
> + * @now:     pointer to time_t containing reference date/time, or NULL
> + * @round:   PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND, PARSE_TIME_ROUND_DOWN, or
> + *           PARSE_TIME_ROUND_UP
> + *
> + * Parse a date/time string 's' and store the parsed date/time result
> + * in 't'.
> + *
> + * A reference date/time is used for determining the "date/time units"
> + * (roughly equivalent to struct tm members) not specified by 's'. If
> + * 'now' is non-NULL, it must contain a pointer to a time_t to be used
> + * as reference date/time. Otherwise, the current time is used.
> + *
> + * If 's' does not specify a full date/time, the 'round' parameter
> + * specifies if and how the result should be rounded as follows:
> + *
> + *   PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND: All date/time units that are not specified
> + *   by 's' are set to the corresponding unit derived from the
> + *   reference date/time.
> + *
> + *   PARSE_TIME_ROUND_DOWN: All date/time units that are more accurate
> + *   than the most accurate unit specified by 's' are set to the
> + *   smallest valid value for that unit. Rest of the unspecified units
> + *   are set as in PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND.
> + *
> + *   PARSE_TIME_ROUND_UP: All date/time units that are more accurate
> + *   than the most accurate unit specified by 's' are set to the
> + *   smallest valid value for that unit. The most accurate unit
> + *   specified by 's' is incremented by one (and this is rolled over
> + *   to the less accurate units as necessary). Rest of the unspecified
> + *   units are set as in PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND.
> + *
> + * Return 0 (PARSE_TIME_OK) for succesfully parsed date/time, or one
> + * of PARSE_TIME_ERR_* on error. 't' is not modified on error.
> + */
> +int parse_time_string (const char *s, time_t *t, const time_t *now, int 
> round);
> +
> +#ifdef __cplusplus
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> +#endif /* PARSE_TIME_STRING_H */
> -- 
> 1.7.5.4
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