/* * parse time string - user friendly date and time parser * Copyright © 2012 Jani Nikula * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . * * Author: Jani Nikula */ #ifndef PARSE_TIME_STRING_H #define PARSE_TIME_STRING_H #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif #include /* return values for parse_time_string() */ enum { PARSE_TIME_OK = 0, PARSE_TIME_ERR, /* unspecified error */ PARSE_TIME_ERR_LIB, /* library call failed */ PARSE_TIME_ERR_ALREADYSET, /* attempt to set unit twice */ PARSE_TIME_ERR_FORMAT, /* generic date/time format error */ PARSE_TIME_ERR_DATEFORMAT, /* date format error */ PARSE_TIME_ERR_TIMEFORMAT, /* time format error */ PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDDATE, /* date value error */ PARSE_TIME_ERR_INVALIDTIME, /* time value error */ PARSE_TIME_ERR_KEYWORD, /* unknown keyword */ }; /* round values for parse_time_string() */ enum { PARSE_TIME_ROUND_DOWN = -1, PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND = 0, PARSE_TIME_ROUND_UP = 1, PARSE_TIME_ROUND_UP_INCLUSIVE = 2, }; /** * parse_time_string() - user friendly date and time parser * @s: string to parse * @t: pointer to time_t to store parsed time in * @ref: pointer to time_t containing reference date/time, or NULL * @round: PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND, PARSE_TIME_ROUND_DOWN, or * PARSE_TIME_ROUND_UP * * Parse a date/time string 's' and store the parsed date/time result * in 't'. * * A reference date/time is used for determining the "date/time units" * (roughly equivalent to struct tm members) not specified by 's'. If * 'ref' is non-NULL, it must contain a pointer to a time_t to be used * as reference date/time. Otherwise, the current time is used. * * If 's' does not specify a full date/time, the 'round' parameter * specifies if and how the result should be rounded as follows: * * PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND: All date/time units that are not specified * by 's' are set to the corresponding unit derived from the * reference date/time. * * PARSE_TIME_ROUND_DOWN: All date/time units that are more accurate * than the most accurate unit specified by 's' are set to the * smallest valid value for that unit. Rest of the unspecified units * are set as in PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND. * * PARSE_TIME_ROUND_UP: All date/time units that are more accurate * than the most accurate unit specified by 's' are set to the * smallest valid value for that unit. The most accurate unit * specified by 's' is incremented by one (and this is rolled over * to the less accurate units as necessary), unless the most * accurate unit is seconds. Rest of the unspecified units are set * as in PARSE_TIME_NO_ROUND. * * PARSE_TIME_ROUND_UP_INCLUSIVE: Same as PARSE_TIME_ROUND_UP, minus * one second, unless the most accurate unit specified by 's' is * seconds. This is useful for callers that require a value for * inclusive comparison of the result. * * Return 0 (PARSE_TIME_OK) for successfully parsed date/time, or one * of PARSE_TIME_ERR_* on error. 't' is not modified on error. */ int parse_time_string (const char *s, time_t *t, const time_t *ref, int round); #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* PARSE_TIME_STRING_H */