On Mar 8, 12:57 pm, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am a GNU newbie. (I know C &o.) Can you point me to a
> > place to find the source for 'date'?
>
> It's part of the GNU Coreutils:
>
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
>
> Within the file, you're likely interested in lib/getdate.*
>
> It helps if you have a working knowledge of Yacc.
>
> -tkc
Ah excellent. I am looking at the part with:
static table const meridian_table[] =
{
{ "AM", tMERIDIAN, MERam },
...
{ "JANUARY", tMONTH, 1 },
{ "FEBRUARY", tMONTH, 2 },
...
{ "YEAR", tYEAR_UNIT, 1 },
{ "MONTH", tMONTH_UNIT, 1 },
(where is 'lunar month'? ;) )
How do you like it? Certainly Python cleans it up by a multiple, but
what about the rest?
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