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1/*
2 * This file is part of DisOrder
3 * Copyright (C) 2008 Richard Kettlewell
4 *
5 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
8 * (at your option) any later version.
9 *
10 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
11 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 * General Public License for more details.
14 *
15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
17 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
18 * USA
19 */
20
21/** @file lib/dateparse.c
22 * @brief Date parsing
23 */
24
25#include <config.h>
26#include "types.h"
27
28#include <time.h>
29
30#include "dateparse.h"
31#include "log.h"
32
33/** @brief Date parsing patterns
34 *
35 * This set of patterns is designed to parse a specific time of a specific day,
36 * since that's what the scheduler needs. Other requirements might need other
37 * pattern lists.
38 */
39static const char *const datemsk[] = {
40 /* ISO format */
41 "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
42 /* "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z" - no, not sensibly supported anywhere */
43 /* Locale-specific date + time */
44 "%c",
45 "%Ec",
46 /* Locale-specific time, same day */
47 "%X",
48 "%EX",
49 /* Generic time, same day */
50 "%H:%M",
51 "%H:%M:%S",
52 NULL,
53};
54
55/** @brief Convert string to a @c time_t */
56time_t dateparse(const char *s) {
57 struct tm t;
58 int rc;
59
60 switch(rc = xgetdate_r(s, &t, datemsk)) {
61 case 0:
62 return mktime(&t);
63 case 7:
64 fatal(0, "date string '%s' not in a recognized format", s);
65 case 8:
66 fatal(0, "date string '%s' not representable", s);
67 default:
68 fatal(0, "date string '%s' produced unexpected error %d", s, rc);
69 }
70}
71
72/*
73Local Variables:
74c-basic-offset:2
75comment-column:40
76fill-column:79
77indent-tabs-mode:nil
78End:
79*/