Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Thu Apr 29 10:03:12 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/time: strftime.3
Log Message:
Note the ambiguity of the return value in the BUGS section.
>From Christian Biere <[email protected]> in PR #39392.
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Index: src/lib/libc/time/strftime.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/time/strftime.3:1.24 src/lib/libc/time/strftime.3:1.25
--- src/lib/libc/time/strftime.3:1.24 Sat Apr 11 16:15:27 2009
+++ src/lib/libc/time/strftime.3 Thu Apr 29 10:03:12 2010
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)strftime.3 5.12 (Berkeley) 6/29/91
-.\" $NetBSD: strftime.3,v 1.24 2009/04/11 16:15:27 joerg Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: strftime.3,v 1.25 2010/04/29 10:03:12 jruoho Exp $
.\"
-.Dd April 14, 2004
+.Dd April 29, 2010
.Dt STRFTIME 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -240,3 +240,10 @@
1996-12-30 to 1997-01-05.
.Sh BUGS
There is no conversion specification for the phase of the moon.
+.Pp
+A return value of zero does not necessarily indicate an error.
+If the resulting string is an empty string, the result value is
+zero and it is not possible to distinguish between success and error.
+For example, in many locales
+.Cm \&%p
+yields an empty string.
