NAME
__pmParseCtime - convert ctime(3) string to tm structure
C SYNOPSIS
#include <pcp/impl.h>
int __pmParseCtime(const char *string, struct tm *rslt,
char **errmsg)
cc ... -lpcp
DESCRIPTION
__pmParseCtime reverses the asctime(3C) function. It
accepts a string specifying a time, and fills in the given
tm structure.
Either a fully specified asctime(3C) string like "Mon Mar
4 13:07:47 1996" or a partially specified time like
'1996", "Mar 1996", "Mar 4 1996", "Mar", "13:07:47",
"13:07", "Mar 4 13:07:47",... is accepted. In addition,
the seconds component may be a floating point number, for
example "13:07:47.5". The 12 hour clock is also sup
ported, so "13:07" and "1:07 pm" are equivalent.
__pmParseCtime returns 0 if successful. It returns -1 and
a dynamically allocated error message string in errmsg, if
the given string does not parse. Be sure to free(3C) the
error message string.
The tm structure returned in rslt should only be used as
an argument to the __pmConvertTime function, as it con
tains encoded information that will only be correctly
interpreted by __pmConvertTime.
SEE ALSO
PMAPI(3), pmParseInterval(3), __pmConvertTime(3) and
__pmParseTime(3).
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