NAME

       __pmParseCtime - convert ctime(3) string to tm structure

C SYNOPSIS

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>
       #include <pcp/impl.h>

       int __pmParseCtime(const char *string, struct tm *rslt, char **errmsg);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION

       __pmParseCtime  reverses  the  asctime(3C) function.  It accepts a string specifying a time, and fills in
       the given tm structure.

       Either a fully specified asctime(3C) string like "Mon Mar  4 13:07:47 1996" or a partially specified time
       like '1996", "Mar 1996", "Mar 4 1996", "Mar", "13:07:47", "13:07", "Mar 4 13:07:47",... is accepted.   In
       addition,  the  seconds  component may be a floating point number, for example "13:07:47.5".  The 12 hour
       clock is also supported, so "13:07" and "1:07 pm" are equivalent.

       __pmParseCtime returns 0 if successful.  It returns -1 and a dynamically allocated error  message  string
       in errmsg, if the given string does not parse.  Be sure to free(3C) the error message string.

       The  tm structure returned in rslt should only be used as an argument to the __pmConvertTime function, as
       it contains encoded information that will only be correctly interpreted by __pmConvertTime.

SEE ALSO

       PMAPI(3), pmParseInterval(3), __pmConvertTime(3) and __pmParseTime(3).

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