Re: [Mingw-users] How to replace missing strptime()?

[Greg C. <chi...@mi...>]

On 2004-10-18 1:26 PM, Hendrik Sattler wrote:
> 
[localtime_r() and strptime() are not in the runtime
library mingw uses]

The first item in the FAQ at mingw.org explains why
the runtime library is so minimalist.

 > I googled for strptime() implementation but only found
 > http://cvs.shmoo.com/view/projects/osiris/src/libosiris/strptime.c?rev=1.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
 > which has a 4-clause BSD licence and according to
 > http://www.mail-archive.com/htdig-dev%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg02916.html
 > is unusable for me.

Refine the search. If you want to find [L]GPL
implementations, add "general public license" to
the search terms, for instance.

Guessing that localtime_r might be implemented in
file localtime.c, I tried searching for
   localtime_r localtime.c "general public license"
and found results that look promising. And
   strptime.c "general public license"
turns up some code that might help for strptime().

Probably you could find current versions more
easily in the libc cvs. Whether they depend on
other libc facilities I don't know.