Annoying ParseDate() function

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orgin

Posted on: 2010/1/16 18:24 #1

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Anyone got an example of using ParseDate(), I just can't get it to work.


void DateToDate(STRPTR date, struct DateStamp *dateStamp)

{

 STRPTR pattern = (STRPTR)"%Y%m%d-%H.%M";

 

 struct Hook datehook;

 datehook.h_Entry = (HOOKFUNC)DateToDateHook;

 datehook.h_SubEntry = NULL;

 datehook.h_Data = date;

 

 ILocale->ParseDate(Locale, dateStamp, pattern, &datehook);

..

..

}



char DateToDateHook(struct Hook *hook, struct Locale *locale, APTR mu)

{

 // what the hell am I suppsoed to do here?!?

}

Edited by orgin on 2010/1/16 18:44:04
Edited by orgin on 2010/1/16 19:02:05
Edited by orgin on 2010/1/16 19:04:17
Edited by orgin on 2010/1/16 19:46:22

Vacca foeda. Sum, ergo edo

Mr Bobo Cornwater

thomas

Re: Annoying ParseDate() function

Posted on: 2010/1/16 20:00 #2

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@orgin

Example: http://thomas-rapp.homepage.t-online.de/examples/parsedate.c

orgin

Re: Annoying ParseDate() function

Posted on: 2010/1/16 21:13 #3

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@thomas

Thanks.

Seems it's not possible to parse something that looks like:

"20010116-20.39"
"%Y%m%d-%H.%M"

(I just get random garbage from it)

your date format works though

"2001/01/16-20.39"
"%Y/%m/%d-%H.%M"

Seems like I'll have to insert some junk characters manually.

Vacca foeda. Sum, ergo edo

Mr Bobo Cornwater

thomas

Re: Annoying ParseDate() function

Posted on: 2010/1/16 21:46 #4

Not too shy to talk

@orgin

Quote:

Seems it's not possible to parse something that looks like:

"20010116-20.39"
"%Y%m%d-%H.%M"

Yes, I got this problem, too. That's why I added the / to the format.

%Y probably reads the entire number until the first non-numeric character appears. Perhaps you can specify something like %4Y or %.4Y. I am not so familar with this scanf-like stuff.

Quote:

I just get random garbage from it

You should check the return value. If ParseDate returns false, it has not found a result.

orgin

Re: Annoying ParseDate() function

Posted on: 2010/1/16 21:56 #5

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@thomas

I solved it by creating a new string from the old, inserting "/" where needed. So I'll fly with that.

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