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.Dd May 8, 1997 .Dt STRPTIME 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm strptime .Nd parse date and time string .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include <time.h> .Ft const char * .Fn strptime "const char *buf" "const char *format" "struct tm *timeptr" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn strptime function parses the string in the buffer .Fa buf according to the string pointed to by .Fa format , and fills in the elements of the structure pointed to by .Fa timeptr . Thus, it can be considered the reverse operation of .Xr strftime 3 .

p The .Fa format string consists of zero or more conversion specifications and ordinary characters. All ordinary characters are matched exactly with the buffer, where white space in the format string will match any amount of white space in the buffer. All conversion specifications are identical to those described in .Xr strftime 3 . .Sh RETURN VALUES Upon successful completion, .Fn strptime returns the pointer to the first character in .Fa buf that has not been required to satisfy the specified conversions in .Fa format . It returns .Dv NULL if one of the conversions failed. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr date 1 , .Xr scanf 3 , .Xr strftime 3 .Sh AUTHORS The .Fn strptime function has been contributed by Powerdog Industries.

p This man page was written by .Sh HISTORY The .Fn strptime function appeared in .Fx 3.0 .