Date -> time(2)

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2 total messages Started by Jon Boede Thu, 12 Oct 1989 00:30

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Author: Jon Boede
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1989 00:30

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Rather than re-invent the wheel, I'm looking for a piece of code that converts
the Date field of messages into a nice time(2) style long integer that my C
program can use.  The messages envelopes on the other side of a gateway I'm in
charge of use a long instead of the ASCII date -- currently we're using the
date the letter arrived at the gateway as the "Date:" which, given the speed
of most Internet letters, is pretty good... but, not always.

The variety among Date: lines is even more frightening than From: lines. :-)

If anyone has a piece of code written, please mail me.  If anyone WANTS this
code, mail me as well... I'll have to write it if I don't get somebody else's,
and I'll be happy to re-distribute.

Please mail to jon@bodedo.ucm.org as I hardly ever get a chance to read news
these days (sigh).

Thanks!
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Re: Date -> time(2)

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Author: Henry Spencer
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1989 15:42

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In article <19481@ut-emx.UUCP> jon@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Jon Boede) writes:
>Rather than re-invent the wheel, I'm looking for a piece of code that converts
>the Date field of messages into a nice time(2) style long integer that my C
>program can use...

Check out the getdate() function, shipped with most versions of news
software.  It's the de-facto standard for such things.  It is not perfect,
but pretty good.
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