Re: check for strptime()
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Mon, 04 Jul 2005 09:48:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: check for strptime() | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Trying to fix an issue with the interbase extension.
>
> Does anyone know if the build system on UNIX ever contained a test for the
> availability of strptime() ? The Interbase module uses the HAVE_STRPTIME
> macro, but it never gets #defined. Would anyone object if I add such a test?
I would suggest not to use this function, as it's highly system
dependent. It might be much wiser to use the new date/time parsing
routines instead.
Derick
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