[tz] strftime %s

[Bennett Todd]

If you should happen to write up something longer, but choose not to send
it to the list, please copy me. I'm not in the standards-writing
deliberations, but I've been interested in C, and library implementation,
and time, for a long time. This thread may be straying from the work focus
of tz-list, perhaps, but I'm enjoying learning from it.

-Bennett
(subscribed to the list from my older bet at rahul.net address)

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 10:01 Steve Summit via tz <tz at iana.org> wrote:

> You wrote:
> > | But what I was convincing myself of was precisely, as you
> > | put it, that the number generated by strftime %s:
> > | > ...is *not* the time_t value that produced this
> > | > struct tm - it cannot be, as no such thing need exist.
> >
> > Note you need to keep the correct standards in your head,
> > and know what each requires, and what each specifies.
>
> You also need to be clear about whether you're thinking as a user
> or an implementor.  Also whether you're thinking about the way
> things are, or ought to be.  I probably haven't been doing a good
> job of either, in this thread.
>
> Consequently I'm afraid we're talking at cross purposes.
> I may be able to pen a longer reply when I have more time, but
> likely not to the full list, as I doubt anyone else is interested
> in any more of my internal dialog, or your lengthy rebuttals to
> your, well, misunderstandings of it. :-)
>
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