problem using the strptime function on HPUXThe strptime function works just

[kongkolvyu]

Hi
The strptime function works just fine on Solaris.
Here is an example on how I use it:
struct tm tmpTm;
if(strptime("20010101010101","%Y%m%d%H%M%S",&tmpTm )==NULL)
printf("Error,String convert to time Error\n");
On the HPUX platform, this call to strptime always returns NULL.
Does anybody have an idea why this does not work.

[tmp123]

kongkolvyu wrote:

Hi
The strptime function works just fine on Solaris.
Here is an example on how I use it:
struct tm tmpTm;
if(strptime("20010101010101","%Y%m%d%H%M%S",&tmpTm )==NULL)
printf("Error,String convert to time Error\n");
On the HPUX platform, this call to strptime always returns NULL.
Does anybody have an idea why this does not work.

Hi,

I suggest you to add a few spaces between fields, like:

strptime("2001 01","%Y %m",..

Kind regards.

PS: Problem reproduced and proposal verfied in a Tru64 machine.

[Chuck F.]

kongkolvyu wrote:

The strptime function works just fine on Solaris.
Here is an example on how I use it:
struct tm tmpTm;
if(strptime("20010101010101","%Y%m%d%H%M%S",&tmpTm )==NULL)
printf("Error,String convert to time Error\n");
On the HPUX platform, this call to strptime always returns NULL.
Does anybody have an idea why this does not work.

Because strptime is not a standard C function, and you failed to
show its source code, we cannot comment on it in any way.

Whenever you need to specify a platform, you are probably off-topic
here.

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tmp123 wrote:

kongkolvyu wrote:

Hi
The strptime function works just fine on Solaris.
Here is an example on how I use it:
struct tm tmpTm;
if(strptime("20010101010101","%Y%m%d%H%M%S",&tmpTm )==NULL)
printf("Error,String convert to time Error\n");
On the HPUX platform, this call to strptime always returns NULL.
Does anybody have an idea why this does not work.

I suggest you to add a few spaces between fields, like:

<snip>

It's a POSIX function, not part of standard C, so please redirect
further discussion of it to somewhere POSIX is topical, such as
comp.unix.programmer.

<OT>
How is strptime to know that you are not talking about some date in the
year 2AD? Or the year 20010AD? Or the year 20010101010101AD?
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kongkolvyu wrote:

Hi
The strptime function works just fine on Solaris.
Here is an example on how I use it:
struct tm tmpTm;
if(strptime("20010101010101","%Y%m%d%H%M%S",&tmpTm )==NULL)
printf("Error,String convert to time Error\n");
On the HPUX platform, this call to strptime always returns NULL.
Does anybody have an idea why this does not work.

RTFM. Or if the HPUX man page on strptime does not shed any
light on the matter, post your question in a HPUX newsgroup or
some other support channel for HPUX.

You could also try outputting the desired date with strftime, and
seeing what it looks like. Usually strptime functions are designed
to be able to take the output of strftime as an input. YMMV