(libc.info.gz) Parsing Date and Time

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 21.4.6 Convert textual time and date information back
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 The ISO C standard does not specify any functions which can convert the
 output of the 'strftime' function back into a binary format.  This led
 to a variety of more-or-less successful implementations with different
 interfaces over the years.  Then the Unix standard was extended by the
 addition of two functions: 'strptime' and 'getdate'.  Both have strange
 interfaces but at least they are widely available.
 

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* Low-Level Time String Parsing  Interpret string according to given format.
* General Time String Parsing    User-friendly function to parse data and
                                     time strings.
 

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(libc.info.gz) Formatting Calendar Time

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