From: Myron Seto <myron_seto AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++,comp.lang.c
Subject: Question(newbie): strptime alternative
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 08:29:40 GMT
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Networld,
Here's an easy question, for a usually non programmer.  I wish to write
a simple C program to calculate the number of days between two dates.
Normally, I would use strptime

#include <time.h>
const long secondsperday = (24 * 60 * 60);
struct tm first, second;
strptime("10/1/1972", "%x", &first)
strptime("12/10/1999", "%x", &second)
printf("%d\n", (mktime(&second) - mktime(&first)) / secondsperday);

for example, but djgpp compiler does not have strptime.  Can someone
please suggest an alternative?  Exactly if possible.
Thanks!
Myron Seto


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