strptime reads strings, it doesn't write them. Index: strptime.3 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/tedu/cvs/src/lib/libc/time/strptime.3,v retrieving revision 1.12 diff -u -r1.12 strptime.3 --- strptime.3 19 Oct 2008 11:50:35 -0000 1.12 +++ strptime.3 10 Apr 2010 04:25:48 -0000 @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ .It Cm \&%Y the year, including the century (i.e., 1998). .It Cm \&%% -A `%' is written. +A `%' is read. No argument is converted. .El .Pp