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2964 need POSIX 2008 locale object support
Reviewed by: Robert Mustacchi <rm@joyent.com>
Reviewed by: Gordon Ross <gordon.ross@nexenta.com>
Approved by: TBD

@@ -1,27 +1,36 @@
 '\" te
+.\" Copyright 2014 Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
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-.TH STRPTIME 3C "Aug 27, 2007"
+.TH STRPTIME 3C "Jun 27, 2014"
 .SH NAME
-strptime \- date and time conversion
+strptime, strptime_l \- date and time conversion
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .LP
 .nf
 #include <time.h>
 
 \fBchar *\fR\fBstrptime\fR(\fBconst char *restrict\fR \fIbuf\fR,
      \fBconst char *restrict\fR \fIformat\fR, \fBstruct tm *restrict\fR \fItm\fR);
 .fi
+.LP
+.nf
+#include <time.h>
+#include <xlocale.h>
 
+\fBchar *\fR\fBstrptime_l\fR(\fBconst char *restrict\fR \fIbuf\fR,
+     \fBconst char *restrict\fR \fIformat\fR, \fBstruct tm *restrict\fR \fItm\fR,
+     \fBlocale_t\fR \fIloc\fR);
+.fi
 .SS "Non-zeroing Behavior"
 .LP
 .nf
 \fBcc\fR [\fIflag\fR...]  \fIfile\fR... \fB-D_STRPTIME_DONTZERO\fR [\fIlibrary\fR...]
 #include <time.h>

@@ -29,30 +38,28 @@
 \fBchar *\fR\fBstrptime\fR(\fBconst char *restrict\fR \fIbuf\fR,
      \fBconst char *restrict\fR \fIformat\fR, \fBstruct tm *restrict\fR \fItm\fR);
 .fi
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.sp
 .LP
 The \fBstrptime()\fR function converts the character string pointed to by
 \fIbuf\fR to values which are stored in the \fBtm\fR structure pointed to by
-\fItm\fR, using the format specified by \fIformat\fR.
-.sp
+\fItm\fR, using the format specified by \fIformat\fR. The \fBstrptime_l()\fR
+function is identical to \fBstrptime()\fR except instead of acting in the
+current locale, it acts in the locale specified by the argument \fIloc\fR.
 .LP
 The \fIformat\fR argument is composed of zero or more conversion
 specifications. Each conversion specification is composed of a "%" (percent)
 character followed by one or two conversion characters which specify the
 replacement required. One or more white space characters (as specified by
 \fBisspace\fR(3C)) may precede or follow a conversion specification. There must
 be white-space or other non-alphanumeric characters between any two conversion
 specifications.
-.sp
 .LP
 A non-zeroing version of \fBstrptime()\fR, described below under \fBNon-zeroing
 Behavior\fR, is provided if \fB_STRPTIME_DONTZERO\fR is defined.
 .SS "Conversion Specifications"
-.sp
 .LP
 The following conversion specifications are supported:
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na

@@ -358,11 +365,10 @@
 .RS 6n
 Time zone name or no characters if no time zone exists.
 .RE
 
 .SS "Modified Conversion Specifications"
-.sp
 .LP
 Some conversion specifications can be modified by the \fBE\fR and \fBO\fR
 modifier characters to indicate that an alternate format or specification
 should be used rather than the one normally used by the unmodified
 specification. If the alternate format or specification does not exist in the

@@ -523,11 +529,10 @@
 Year (offset from \fB%C\fR) in the locale's alternate  representation and using
 the locale's alternate numeric symbols.
 .RE
 
 .SS "General Specifications"
-.sp
 .LP
 A conversion specification that is an ordinary character is executed by
 scanning the next character from the buffer. If the character scanned from the
 buffer differs from the one comprising the specification, the specification
 fails, and the differing and subsequent characters remain unscanned.

@@ -535,11 +540,10 @@
 .LP
 A series of specifications composed of \fB%n\fR, \fB%t\fR, white-space
 characters or any combination is executed by scanning up to the first character
 that is not white space (which remains unscanned), or until no more characters
 can be scanned.  White space is defined by \fBisspace\fR(3C).
-.sp
 .LP
 Any other conversion specification is executed by scanning characters until a
 character matching the next specification is scanned, or until no more
 characters can be scanned. These characters, except the one matching the next
 specification, are then compared to the locale values associated with the

@@ -552,11 +556,10 @@
 The month names, weekday names, era names, and alternate numeric symbols can
 consist of any combination of upper and lower case letters.  The user can
 request that the input date or time specification be in a specific language by
 setting the \fBLC_TIME\fR category using \fBsetlocale\fR(3C).
 .SS "Non-zeroing Behavior"
-.sp
 .LP
 In addition to the behavior described above by various standards, the Solaris
 implementation of \fBstrptime()\fR provides the following extensions. These may
 change at any time in the future.  Portable applications should not depend on
 these extended features:

@@ -575,11 +578,10 @@
 If \fB_STRPTIME_DONTZERO\fR is defined, \fBstrptime()\fR does not zero the
 \fBtm struct\fR on entry.  Additionally, for some specifiers, \fBstrptime()\fR
 will use some values in the input \fBtm struct\fR to recalculate the date and
 re-assign the appropriate members of the \fBtm struct\fR.
 .RE
-.sp
 .LP
 The following describes extended features regardless of whether
 \fB_STRPTIME_DONTZERO\fR is defined or not defined:
 .RS +4
 .TP

@@ -595,11 +597,10 @@
 .el o
 If \fB%U\fR or \fB%W\fR is specified and if weekday and year are given and
 month and day of month are not given, \fBstrptime()\fR calculates and sets
 \fBtm_mon\fR, \fBtm_mday\fR, \fBtm_wday\fR, and \fBtm_year\fR.
 .RE
-.sp
 .LP
 The following describes extended features when \fB_STRPTIME_DONTZERO\fR is not
 defined:
 .RS +4
 .TP

@@ -606,11 +607,10 @@
 .ie t \(bu
 .el o
 If \fB%C\fR is specified and \fB%y\fR is not specified, \fBstrptime()\fRassumes
 0 as the year offset, then calculates the year, and assigns \fBtm_year\fR.
 .RE
-.sp
 .LP
 The following describes extended features when \fB_STRPTIME_DONTZERO\fR is
 defined:
 .RS +4
 .TP

@@ -652,21 +652,18 @@
 \fBstrptime()\fR will add 12 hours and update \fBtm_hour\fR.  If the
 \fBam_pm\fR input is a.m. and input \fBtm_hour\fR value is between 12 - 23,
 \fBstrptime()\fR will subtract 12 hours and update \fBtm_hour\fR.
 .RE
 .SH RETURN VALUES
-.sp
 .LP
 Upon successful completion, \fBstrptime()\fR returns a pointer to the character
 following the last character parsed. Otherwise, a null pointer is returned.
 .SH USAGE
-.sp
 .LP
 Several "same as" formats, and the special processing of white-space characters
 are provided in order to ease the use of identical  \fIformat\fR strings for
 \fBstrftime\fR(3C) and \fBstrptime()\fR.
-.sp
 .LP
 The \fBstrptime()\fR function tries to calculate \fBtm_year\fR, \fBtm_mon\fR,
 and \fBtm_mday\fR when given incomplete input.  This allows the \fBstruct tm\fR
 created by \fBstrptime()\fR to be passed to \fBmktime\fR(3C) to produce a
 \fBtime_t\fR value for dates and times that are representable by a

@@ -673,32 +670,32 @@
 \fBtime_t\fR.  As an example, since \fBmktime()\fR ignores \fBtm_yday\fR,
 \fBstrptime()\fR calculates \fBtm_mon\fR and \fBtm_mday\fR as well as filling
 in \fBtm_yday\fR when \fB%j\fR is specified without otherwise specifying a
 month and day within month.
 .SH ATTRIBUTES
-.sp
 .LP
 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
-.sp
-
-.sp
 .TS
 box;
 c | c
 l | l .
 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE
 _
 CSI     Enabled
 _
-Interface Stability     Committed
+Interface Stability     See below.
 _
 MT-Level        MT-Safe
 _
-Standard        See \fBstandards\fR(5).
+Standard        See \fBstandards\fR(5) for \fBstrptime()\fR.
 .TE
 
+.LP
+The \fBstrptime()\fR function is Standard.  The \fBstrptime_l()\fR function
+is Uncommitted.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.sp
 .LP
 \fBctime\fR(3C), \fBgetdate\fR(3C), \fBisspace\fR(3C), \fBmktime\fR(3C),
-\fBsetlocale\fR(3C), \fBstrftime\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBenviron\fR(5),
+\fBnewlocale\fR(3C),
+\fBsetlocale\fR(3C), \fBstrftime\fR(3C), \fBuselocale\fR(3C),
+\fBattributes\fR(5), \fBenviron\fR(5),
 \fBstandards\fR(5)