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Continue what #4494 started; introduce uid and gid formats.
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b1248f16 1;# ctime.pl is a simple Perl emulation for the well known ctime(3C) function.
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2#
3# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
4# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
5#
6# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
7# programming techniques.
8#
9# Suggested alternative: the POSIX ctime function
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10;#
11;# Waldemar Kebsch, Federal Republic of Germany, November 1988
12;# kebsch.pad@nixpbe.UUCP
fe14fcc3 13;# Modified March 1990, Feb 1991 to properly handle timezones
79072805 14;# $RCSfile: ctime.pl,v $$Revision: 4.1 $$Date: 92/08/07 18:23:47 $
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15;# Marion Hakanson (hakanson@cse.ogi.edu)
16;# Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
17;#
18;# usage:
19;#
20;# #include <ctime.pl> # see the -P and -I option in perl.man
ff8e2863 21;# $Date = &ctime(time);
b1248f16 22
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23CONFIG: {
24 package ctime;
25
26 @DoW = ('Sun','Mon','Tue','Wed','Thu','Fri','Sat');
27 @MoY = ('Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun',
28 'Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec');
29}
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30
31sub ctime {
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32 package ctime;
33
b1248f16 34 local($time) = @_;
68decaef 35 local($[) = 0;
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36 local($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst);
37
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38 # Determine what time zone is in effect.
39 # Use GMT if TZ is defined as null, local time if TZ undefined.
40 # There's no portable way to find the system default timezone.
41
42 $TZ = defined($ENV{'TZ'}) ? ( $ENV{'TZ'} ? $ENV{'TZ'} : 'GMT' ) : '';
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43 ($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst) =
44 ($TZ eq 'GMT') ? gmtime($time) : localtime($time);
fe14fcc3 45
b1248f16 46 # Hack to deal with 'PST8PDT' format of TZ
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47 # Note that this can't deal with all the esoteric forms, but it
48 # does recognize the most common: [:]STDoff[DST[off][,rule]]
49
50 if($TZ=~/^([^:\d+\-,]{3,})([+-]?\d{1,2}(:\d{1,2}){0,2})([^\d+\-,]{3,})?/){
51 $TZ = $isdst ? $4 : $1;
b1248f16 52 }
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53 $TZ .= ' ' unless $TZ eq '';
54
93a17b20 55 $year += 1900;
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56 sprintf("%s %s %2d %2d:%02d:%02d %s%4d\n",
57 $DoW[$wday], $MoY[$mon], $mday, $hour, $min, $sec, $TZ, $year);
58}
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