ATODATE(3)

NAME

     atodate - convert standard times and people times  see  also
     "man local date"

SYNOPSIS

     #include <stdtime.h>

     /* DATE curtime; */

     TIME atodate (string)
     char *string;

DESCRIPTION

     atodate - converts ascii string to a  time.   Several  forms
     are  allowed.   If  the  first  element  of the string is an
     integer a "ymdtime" is assumed.  The forms allowed  for  ymd
     type times are somewhat flexible.  In the description below,
     yyyy represents at most 4 digits of year.   Similiarly,  mm,
     dd,  hh,  MM,  ss  represent  digits  for  month, day, hour,
     minute, and second.  The symbol "mon" represents  the  month
     as  a string.  "mon" may be abbreviated.  Case of letters is
     ignored.  The ymd forms (and restrictions) follow:
          ":" or white-space may be used where ":" is shown.
          if only a 2-digit year is given, year must be > 31.
          yyyy:mm:dd:hh:MM:ss
          yyyy:mm:dd hhH:MMm:ssS  (e.g. 1976:5:15 20h:15m:20s)
          yyyy:mm:dd:hh:MM
          yyyy:mm:dd:hh
          yyyy:mm:dd
          yyyy:mm
          yyyy
          The form of time within a day shown above also is used
          in the forms below.
          yyyy mon dd
          mm/dd/yyyy
          dd mon yyyy
          ddmonyyyy
          mon yyyy
          mon dd yyyy
     If the first element is a string but not a  month  the  time
     will be one on the following forms:

     Currently the only other option is Carrington Time which may
     be specified in the following ways:  CT1641:200 or CT590560,
     both of which refer to the same Carrington time.

FILES

     /usr/src/local/date/times.c
     /usr/local/lib/libdate.a
     /usr/src/local/date/makefile is a make file.
     see also timcnv(1l) time(2) and ctime(3).

BUGS

     Do  not  make  an  external  variable  "time"  if  you   use
     "timenow".