From: "Michael Stewart" <mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: strftime BROKEN???
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 09:39:23 +0100
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Radical NetSurfer wrote in message <37a730ca DOT 718726 AT news DOT erie DOT net>...
>NOW I understand why people are turned off by this newsgroup..
>I couldn't grasp it before....


This is one of the friendliest newsgroup I've encountered.

>There is NEVER a reason to treat someone LESS INTELLIGENT
>THAN YOURSELF...


True.

>At least use a little __patience__ with the newcomers....


The people here have endless patience with newbies, they just get annoyed
when people don't read the documentation (see below) and then complains that
it doesn't work properly.

>the Libc.hlp file makes NO mention of this.

Yes it does. Straight from libc.hlp

size_t strftime(char *buf, size_t n, const char *format, const struct tm
*time);

Description

This function formats the given time according to the given format and
stores it in buf, not exceeding n bytes.

>if the documentation of GCC/ LIBC is DEFICIENT... that is obviously not my
fault.

But it is not deficient. This is an example of not reading the docs
properly, how should people respond when you claim something doesn't work
properly and that it is incorrectly documented (shouting at people doesn't
help) when it does work properly and when it is documented properly.