> > > But that's just scanning a decimal integer to time_t. > > > > It's not a question of whether I can or can't convert a string into an > > integer, rather it's a question about portability of code that uses %s
> I see your point but... "portability" is kind of the wrong expression > here. If you have portability in mind, you should *not* use %s at all. The point is, if I can use "%s" with strftime() on Cygwin, then I should be able to use "%s" with strptime(), but currently there's a disconcert with that. Indeed, "%s" is a GNU extension yet it has been on Linux for years, so why not here but only 50%? Anton Lavrentiev Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
