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GETDATE(3)                                                              Linux Programmer's Manual                                                             GETDATE(3)

NAME
       getdate, getdate_r - convert a date-plus-time string to broken-down time

SYNOPSIS
       #include <time.h>

       struct tm *getdate(const char *string);

       extern int getdate_err;

       #include <time.h>

       int getdate_r(const char *restrict string, struct tm *restrict res);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       getdate():
           _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500

       getdate_r():
           _GNU_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION
       The  function  getdate() converts a string representation of a date and time, contained in the buffer pointed to by string, into a broken-down time.  The broken-
       down time is stored in a tm structure, and a pointer to this structure is returned as the function result.  This tm structure is allocated in static storage, and
       consequently it will be overwritten by further calls to getdate().

       In  contrast to strptime(3), (which has a format argument), getdate() uses the formats found in the file whose full pathname is given in the environment variable
       DATEMSK.  The first line in the file that matches the given input string is used for the conversion.

       The matching is done case insensitively.  Superfluous whitespace, either in the pattern or in the string to be converted, is ignored.

       The conversion specifications that a pattern can contain are those given for strptime(3).  One more conversion specification is specified in POSIX.1-2001:

       %Z     Timezone name.  This is not implemented in glibc.

       When %Z is given, the structure containing the broken-down time is initialized with values corresponding to the current time in the given  timezone.   Otherwise,
       the structure is initialized to the broken-down time corresponding to the current local time (as by a call to localtime(3)).

       When only the day of the week is given, the day is taken to be the first such day on or after today.

       When  only  the  month  is given (and no year), the month is taken to be the first such month equal to or after the current month.  If no day is given, it is the
       first day of the month.

       When no hour, minute, and second are given, the current hour, minute, and second are taken.

       If no date is given, but we know the hour, then that hour is taken to be the first such hour equal to or after the current hour.

       getdate_r() is a GNU extension that provides a reentrant version of getdate().  Rather than using a global variable to report errors and a static buffer  to  re‐
       turn  the broken down time, it returns errors via the function result value, and returns the resulting broken-down time in the caller-allocated buffer pointed to
       by the argument res.

RETURN VALUE
       When successful, getdate() returns a pointer to a struct tm.  Otherwise, it returns NULL and sets the global variable getdate_err to one  of  the  error  numbers
       shown below.  Changes to errno are unspecified.

       On success getdate_r() returns 0; on error it returns one of the error numbers shown below.

ERRORS
       The following errors are returned via getdate_err (for getdate()) or as the function result (for getdate_r()):

       1   The DATEMSK environment variable is not defined, or its value is an empty string.

       2   The template file specified by DATEMSK cannot be opened for reading.

       3   Failed to get file status information.

       4   The template file is not a regular file.

       5   An error was encountered while reading the template file.

       6   Memory allocation failed (not enough memory available).

       7   There is no line in the file that matches the input.

       8   Invalid input specification.

ENVIRONMENT
       DATEMSK
              File containing format patterns.

       TZ, LC_TIME
              Variables used by strptime(3).

ATTRIBUTES
       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

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       β”‚Interface   β”‚ Attribute     β”‚ Value                                                                                                                             β”‚
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       β”‚getdate()   β”‚ Thread safety β”‚ MT-Unsafe race:getdate env locale                                                                                                 β”‚
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       β”‚getdate_r() β”‚ Thread safety β”‚ MT-Safe env locale                                                                                                                β”‚
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CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES
       The  POSIX.1 specification for strptime(3) contains conversion specifications using the %E or %O modifier, while such specifications are not given for getdate().
       In glibc, getdate() is implemented using strptime(3), so that precisely the same conversions are supported by both.

EXAMPLES
       The program below calls getdate() for each of its command-line arguments, and for each call displays the values in the fields of the returned tm structure.   The
       following shell session demonstrates the operation of the program:

           $ TFILE=$PWD/tfile
           $ echo '%A' > $TFILE       # Full name of the day of the week
           $ echo '%T' >> $TFILE      # ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD)
           $ echo '%F' >> $TFILE      # Time (HH:MM:SS)
           $ date
           $ export DATEMSK=$TFILE
           $ ./a.out Tuesday '2009-12-28' '12:22:33'
           Sun Sep  7 06:03:36 CEST 2008
           Call 1 ("Tuesday") succeeded:
               tm_sec   = 36
               tm_min   = 3
               tm_hour  = 6
               tm_mday  = 9
               tm_mon   = 8
               tm_year  = 108
               tm_wday  = 2
               tm_yday  = 252
               tm_isdst = 1
           Call 2 ("2009-12-28") succeeded:
               tm_sec   = 36
               tm_min   = 3
               tm_hour  = 6
               tm_mday  = 28
               tm_mon   = 11
               tm_year  = 109
               tm_wday  = 1
               tm_yday  = 361
               tm_isdst = 0
           Call 3 ("12:22:33") succeeded:
               tm_sec   = 33
               tm_min   = 22
               tm_hour  = 12
               tm_mday  = 7
               tm_mon   = 8
               tm_year  = 108
               tm_wday  = 0
               tm_yday  = 250
               tm_isdst = 1

   Program source

       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include <time.h>
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <stdlib.h>

       int
       main(int argc, char *argv[])
       {
           struct tm *tmp;

           for (int j = 1; j < argc; j++) {
               tmp = getdate(argv[j]);

               if (tmp == NULL) {
                   printf("Call %d failed; getdate_err = %d\n",
                          j, getdate_err);
                   continue;
               }

               printf("Call %d (\"%s\") succeeded:\n", j, argv[j]);
               printf("    tm_sec   = %d\n", tmp->tm_sec);
               printf("    tm_min   = %d\n", tmp->tm_min);
               printf("    tm_hour  = %d\n", tmp->tm_hour);
               printf("    tm_mday  = %d\n", tmp->tm_mday);
               printf("    tm_mon   = %d\n", tmp->tm_mon);
               printf("    tm_year  = %d\n", tmp->tm_year);
               printf("    tm_wday  = %d\n", tmp->tm_wday);
               printf("    tm_yday  = %d\n", tmp->tm_yday);
               printf("    tm_isdst = %d\n", tmp->tm_isdst);
           }

           exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
       }

SEE ALSO
       time(2), localtime(3), setlocale(3), strftime(3), strptime(3)

                                                                               2021-03-22                                                                     GETDATE(3)