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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2005-11-23 09:34:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2005-11-23 09:34:07 +0000 |
| commit | 7119b0d1442c308a77384c0053345be0fdd7622e (patch) | |
| tree | 2965ae3b08d7c607480dc94bb732139a6ac04a32 /man3/strftime.3 | |
| parent | a4020d9ca42a141d50b790eb78ce7233714019d8 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-7119b0d1442c308a77384c0053345be0fdd7622e.tar.gz | |
Added example program
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diff --git a/man3/strftime.3 b/man3/strftime.3 index e5693d51bf..2b37e00917 100644 --- a/man3/strftime.3 +++ b/man3/strftime.3 @@ -318,6 +318,51 @@ const struct tm *tm) { .br } .RE +.SH EXAMPLE +The program below can be used to experiment with +.BR strftime (). +.nf + +#include <time.h> +#include <stdio.h> +#include <stdlib.h> + +int +main(int argc, char *argv[]) +{ + char outstr[200]; + time_t t; + struct tm *tmp; + + t = time(NULL); + tmp = localtime(&t); + if (tmp == NULL) { + perror("localtime"); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + + if (strftime(outstr, sizeof(outstr), argv[1], tmp) == 0) { + fprintf(stderr, "strftime returned 0"); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + + printf("Result string is \\"%s\\"\\n", outstr); + exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); +} /* main */ +.fi +.PP +Some examples of the result string produced by the glibc implementation of +.BR strftime () +are as follows: +.nf + +$ ./a.out "%m" +Result string is "11" +$ ./a.out "%5m" +Result string is "00011" +$ ./a.out "%_5m" +Result string is " 11" +.fi .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR date (1), .BR time (2), |