[1003.1(2008)/Issue 7 0000169]: date utility needs ``%s''

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http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=169 
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Reported By:                wpollock
Assigned To:                ajosey
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Project:                    1003.1(2008)/Issue 7
Issue ID:                   169
Category:                   Shell and Utilities
Type:                       Enhancement Request
Severity:                   Editorial
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     Under Review
Name:                       Wayne Pollock 
Organization:                
User Reference:              
Section:                    date 
Page Number:                NA 
Line Number:                NA 
Interp Status:              --- 
Final Accepted Text:         
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Date Submitted:             2009-10-15 15:44 UTC
Last Modified:              2009-10-16 09:07 UTC
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Summary:                    date utility needs ``%s''
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 (0000262) geoffclare (manager) - 2009-10-16 09:07
 http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=169#c262 
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If the proposed change to date is made, we should also add %s to
strftime() and strptime() for consistency.

Although it would be kind-of redundant for those functions (being
equivalent to mktime() and localtime() respectively, plus conversion
to/from a string) it would be usable in user-supplied/configured
format strings.

The detailed changes needed would be ...

After line 82902 add:

    %s   Seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC as a decimal number
         (see [xref to XBD 4.15 Seconds Since the Epoch])

Cross-volume changes to XSH:

After page 2009 line 63596 section strftime, add:

[CX]%s   Replaced by the number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
         as a decimal number (see [xref to XBD 4.15 Seconds Since the
         Epoch]). [all members, as if by a call to mktime()] [/CX]

After page 2027 line 64161 section strptime, add:

    %s   The number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC as a
         decimal number (see [xref to XBD 4.15 Seconds Since the
         Epoch]); leading zeros shall be permitted but shall not be
         required. 

Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2009-10-15 15:44 wpollock       New Issue                                    
2009-10-15 15:44 wpollock       Status                   New => Under Review 
2009-10-15 15:44 wpollock       Assigned To               => ajosey          
2009-10-15 15:44 wpollock       Name                      => Wayne Pollock   
2009-10-15 15:44 wpollock       Section                   => date            
2009-10-15 15:44 wpollock       Page Number               => NA              
2009-10-15 15:44 wpollock       Line Number               => NA              
2009-10-15 15:45 wpollock       Issue Monitored: wpollock                    
2009-10-16 09:07 geoffclare     Note Added: 0000262                          
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