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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex index b343c95..28771e9 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex @@ -237,7 +237,15 @@ directives as those used by \function{strftime()}; it defaults to returned by \function{ctime()}. The same platform caveats apply; see the local \UNIX{} documentation for restrictions or additional supported directives. If \var{string} cannot be parsed according to -\var{format}, \exception{ValueError} is raised. +\var{format}, \exception{ValueError} is raised. Values which are not +provided as part of the input string are filled in with default +values; the specific values are platform-dependent as the XPG standard +does not provide sufficient information to constrain the result. + +\strong{Note:} This function relies entirely on the underlying +platform's C library for the date parsing, and some of these libraries +are buggy. There's nothing to be done about this short of a new, +portable implementation of \cfunction{strptime()}. Availability: Most modern \UNIX{} systems. \end{funcdesc} |