Re: Re: #21212 [Opn->Bgs]: strftime fails when crossing year

>> I'm inclined not to clutter up an already busy manual page by spelling >> this out any simpler than it is already described. The definition of >> %G already says that alternate prior/subsequent years may be returned >> *and* makes reference to the difinition of %V which defines precisely >> how ISO years are defined. It also references %Y as an alternate. > > Yes, but as this bug was reported atleast a few times now, it's much > easier to press the "support quickfix", but then of course we need to > have some material for the less intelligent people on our fine manual. > If you insist... I did find another case of this problem, but only one so I'm still ambivalent about it, but as you imply: The clearer we make the manual the less likely we are to see bogus reports like this one. I'll add the aforementioned example and a few others to the bottom of the strftime manual page with lots of /* commenting */ explaining the more unexpected results such as this one. -Pollita