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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mandoc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -p -r1.6 -r1.7
--- mandoc/mandoc.c	2009/10/31 06:10:58	1.6
+++ mandoc/mandoc.c	2009/11/02 06:22:45	1.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mandoc.c,v 1.6 2009/10/31 06:10:58 kristaps Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mandoc.c,v 1.7 2009/11/02 06:22:45 kristaps Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
  *
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
  * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__MINT__)
+# define _GNU_SOURCE /* strptime() */
+#endif
+
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -21,9 +25,13 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "libmandoc.h"
 
+static int	 a2time(time_t *, const char *, const char *);
+
+
 int
 mandoc_special(const char *p)
 {
@@ -163,3 +171,57 @@ mandoc_strdup(const char *ptr)
 
 	return(p);
 }
+
+
+static int
+a2time(time_t *t, const char *fmt, const char *p)
+{
+	struct tm	 tm;
+	char		*pp;
+
+	memset(&tm, 0, sizeof(struct tm));
+
+	pp = strptime(p, fmt, &tm);
+	if (NULL != pp && '\0' == *pp) {
+		*t = mktime(&tm);
+		return(1);
+	}
+
+	return(0);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Convert from a manual date string (see mdoc(7) and man(7)) into a
+ * date according to the stipulated date type.
+ */
+time_t
+mandoc_a2time(int flags, const char *p)
+{
+	time_t		 t;
+
+	if (MTIME_MDOCDATE & flags) {
+		if (0 == strcmp(p, "$" "Mdocdate$"))
+			return(time(NULL));
+		if (a2time(&t, "$" "Mdocdate: %b %d %Y $", p))
+			return(t);
+	}
+
+	if (MTIME_CANONICAL & flags || MTIME_REDUCED & flags) 
+		if (a2time(&t, "%b %d, %Y", p))
+			return(t);
+
+	if (MTIME_ISO_8601 & flags) 
+		if (a2time(&t, "%Y-%m-%d", p))
+			return(t);
+
+	if (MTIME_REDUCED & flags) {
+		if (a2time(&t, "%d, %Y", p))
+			return(t);
+		if (a2time(&t, "%Y", p))
+			return(t);
+	}
+
+	return(0);
+}
+