On 9/14/2012 18:12, Philip Prindeville wrote:
> I tried to use strftime() with '%T' and it fails... but works when I use
> '%H:%M:%S' instead. Is this a known issue?
I thought I reported that years ago - you have to use %H:%M:%S
instead until someone fixes it.
> Also, '%Z' is supposed to give the time zone name or abbreviation, but '%z'
> is supposed to give the time zone offset as +/-hhmm.
>
> However, I just tried, and '%z' and '%Z' yield identical results.
Same here (see below).
> I'm thinking that under Win32, %Z (and %z) should be formatted via:
>
> TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION tzinfo;
> DWORD ret = GetTimeZoneInformation(&tzinfo);
>
> if (ret == 2) {
> strcpy(tzName, tzinfo.DaylightName);
> } else {
> strcpy(tzName, tzinfo.StandardName);
> }
>
> sprintf(tzOffset, "%c%02d%02d", (tzinfo.Bias < 0 ? '-' : '+'),
> abs(tzinfo.Bias) / 60, abs(tzinfo.Bias) % 60);
>
> What am I missing?
It's supposed to follow ANSI C standard (C89).
I think %z is 'Single UNIX' only - rather than ANSI C89.
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