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+.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+.\" (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden).
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+.\" $Id: parse_time.3 14325 2004-10-30 22:34:28Z lha $
+.\"
+.Dd October 31, 2004
+.Dt PARSE_TIME 3
+.Os HEIMDAL
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm parse_time ,
+.Nm print_time_table ,
+.Nm unparse_time ,
+.Nm unparse_time_approx ,
+.Nd parse and unparse time intervals
+.Sh LIBRARY
+The roken library (libroken, -lroken)
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <parse_time.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn parse_time "const char *timespec" "const char *def_unit"
+.Ft void
+.Fn print_time_table "FILE *f"
+.Ft size_t
+.Fn unparse_time "int seconds" "char *buf" "size_t len"
+.Ft size_t
+.Fn unparse_time_approx "int seconds" "char *buf" "size_t len"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn parse_time
+function converts a the period of time specified in
+into a number of seconds.
+The
+.Fa timespec
+can be any number of
+.Aq number unit
+pairs separated by comma and whitespace. The number can be
+negative. Number without explicit units are taken as being
+.Fa def_unit .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn unparse_time
+and
+.Fn unparse_time_approx
+does the opposite of
+.Fn parse_time ,
+that is they take a number of seconds and express that as human
+readable string.
+.Fa unparse_time
+produces an exact time, while
+.Fa unparse_time_approx
+restricts the result to only include one units.
+.Pp
+.Fn print_time_table
+prints a descriptive list of available units on the passed file
+descriptor.
+.Pp
+The possible units include:
+.Bl -tag -width "month" -compact -offset indent
+.It Li second , s
+.It Li minute , m
+.It Li hour , h
+.It day
+.It week
+seven days
+.It month
+30 days
+.It year
+365 days
+.El
+.Pp
+Units names can be arbitrarily abbreviated (as long as they are
+unique).
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Fn parse_time
+returns the number of seconds that represents the expression in
+.Fa timespec
+or -1 on error.
+.Fn unparse_time
+and
+.Fn unparse_time_approx
+return the number of characters written to
+.Fa buf .
+if the return value is greater than or equal to the
+.Fa len
+argument, the string was too short and some of the printed characters
+were discarded.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Bd -literal
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <parse_time.h>
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ int i;
+ int result;
+ char buf[128];
+ print_time_table(stdout);
+ for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+ result = parse_time(argv[i], "second");
+ if(result == -1) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: parse error\\n", argv[i]);
+ continue;
+ }
+ printf("--\\n");
+ printf("parse_time = %d\\n", result);
+ unparse_time(result, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ printf("unparse_time = %s\\n", buf);
+ unparse_time_approx(result, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ printf("unparse_time_approx = %s\\n", buf);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+.Ed
+.Bd -literal
+$ ./a.out "1 minute 30 seconds" "90 s" "1 y -1 s"
+1 year = 365 days
+1 month = 30 days
+1 week = 7 days
+1 day = 24 hours
+1 hour = 60 minutes
+1 minute = 60 seconds
+1 second
+--
+parse_time = 90
+unparse_time = 1 minute 30 seconds
+unparse_time_approx = 1 minute
+--
+parse_time = 90
+unparse_time = 1 minute 30 seconds
+unparse_time_approx = 1 minute
+--
+parse_time = 31535999
+unparse_time = 12 months 4 days 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds
+unparse_time_approx = 12 months
+.Ed
+.Sh BUGS
+Since
+.Fn parse_time
+returns -1 on error there is no way to parse "minus one second".
+Currently "s" at the end of units is ignored. This is a hack for
+English plural forms. If these functions are ever localised, this
+scheme will have to change.
+.\".Sh SEE ALSO
+.\".Xr parse_bytes 3
+.\".Xr parse_units 3
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