The
strptime
function converts the character string pointed to by
buf
to values which are stored in the ``tm'' structure pointed to by
tm,
using the format specified by
format.
The
format
string consists of zero or more directives.
A directive is composed of either one or more whitespace characters as
defined by
isspace(3),
an ordinary character (neither
‘%’
nor a whitespace), or a conversion
specification.
A conversion specification consists of a percent sign
(‘%’)
followed by one or two conversion characters which specify the
replacement required.
There must be whitespace or other
non-alphanumeric characters between any two conversion specifications.
The
LC_TIME
category defines the locale values for the conversion
specifications.
The following conversion specifications are supported:
-\&%a
the day of week, using the locale's weekday names;
either the abbreviated or full name may be specified.
-\&%A
the same as
-\&%a.
-\&%b
the month, using the locale's month names;
either the abbreviated or full name may be specified.
-\&%B
the same as
-\&%b.
-\&%c
the date and time, using the locale's date and time format.
-\&%C
the century number [0,99]; leading zeros are permitted but not required.
Note that the converted value is added to the current value of the
``tm_year'' field (in order that the "\&%y" conversion be useful).
-\&%d
the day of month [1,31];
leading zeros are permitted but not required.
-\&%D
the date as %m/%d/%y.
-\&%e
the same as
-\&%d.
-\&%h
the same as
-\&%b.
-\&%H
the hour (24-hour clock) [0,23];
leading zeros are permitted but not required.
-\&%I
the hour (12-hour clock) [1,12];
leading zeros are permitted but not required.
-\&%j
the day number of the year [1,366];
leading zeros are permitted but not required.
-\&%k
the same as
-\&%H.
-\&%l
the same as
-\&%I.
-\&%m
the month number [1,12];
leading zeros are permitted but not required.
-\&%M
the minute [0,59];
leading zeros are permitted but not required.
-\&%n
any whitespace.
-\&%p
the locale's equivalent of
“AM”
or
“PM”.
-\&%r
the time as %I:%M:%S %p.
-\&%R
the time as %H:%M.
-\&%S
the seconds [0,61];
leading zeros are permitted but not required.
-\&%t
any whitespace.
-\&%T
the time as %H:%M:%S.
-\&%U
the week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week)
as a decimal number [0,53];
leading zeros are permitted but not required.
All days in a year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0.
-\&%w
the weekday as a decimal number [0,6], with 0 representing Sunday;
leading zeros are permitted but not required.
-\&%W
the week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week)
as a decimal number [0,53];
leading zeros are permitted but not required.
All days in a year preceding the first Monday are considered to be in week 0.
-\&%x
the date, using the locale's date format.
-\&%X
the time, using the locale's time format.
-\&%y
the year within the current century.
When a century is not otherwise
specified, values in the range 69\-99 refer to years in the twentieth
century (1969 to 1999 inclusive); values in the range 00\-68 refer
to years in the twenty-first century (2000 to 2068 inclusive).
Leading zeros are permitted but not required.
-\&%Y
the year, including the century (i.e., 1998).
-\&%%
A `%' is written.
No argument is converted.
There is no way to specify whether Daylight Saving Time is in effect when
calling
strptime.
To use the resulting
tm
structure with functions that check the
tm_isdst
field, either set it to a negative value, which will cause
mktime(3)
to attempt to divine whether Daylight Saving Time would be in effect
for the given time, or compute the value manually.
Modified conversion specifications
For compatibility, certain conversion specifications can be modified
by the
-E
and
-O
modifier characters to indicate that an alternative format or
specification should be used rather than the one normally used by the
unmodified conversion specification.
As there are currently neither
alternative formats nor specifications supported by the system, the
behavior will be as if the unmodified conversion specification were
used.
Case is ignored when matching string items in
buf,
such as month and weekday names.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, the
strptime
function returns a pointer to the character following the last character
parsed.
Otherwise, a null pointer is returned.