<html> <head> <title>MHonArc Resources: POSIXSTRFTIME</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../docstyles.css"> </head> <body> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="perlinc.html">PERLINC</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#posixstrftime">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="prevbutton.html">PREVBUTTON</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <h1>POSIXSTRFTIME</h1> <!--X-TOC-Start--> <ul> <li><a href="#syntax">Syntax</a> <li><a href="#description">Description</a> <li><a href="#default">Default Setting</a> <li><a href="#rcvars">Resource Variables</a> <li><a href="#examples">Examples</a> <li><a href="#version">Version</a> <li><a href="#seealso">See Also</a> </ul> <!--X-TOC-End--> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="syntax">Syntax</a></h2> <dl> <dt><strong>Envariable</strong></dt> <dd><p> <code>M2H_POSIXSTRFTIME=</code>[ <code>0</code> | <code>1</code> ] </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Element</strong></dt> <dd><p> <code><POSIXSTRFTIME></code><br> <code><NOPOSIXSTRFTIME></code><br> </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Command-line Option</strong></dt> <dd><p> <code>-posixstrftime </code><br> <code>-noposixstrftime </code> </p> </dd> </dl> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="description">Description</a></h2> <p>If POSIXSTRFTIME is set, then <b><tt>POSIX::strftime()</tt></b> is used to process time format strings as defined by the <a href="gmtdatefmt.html">GMTDATEFMT</a>, <a href="localdatefmt.html">LOCALDATEFMT</a>, <a href="msggmtdatefmt.html">MSGGMTDATEFMT</a>, and <a href="msglocaldatefmt.html">MSGLOCALDATEFMT</a> resources. If <b><tt>POSIX::strftime()</tt></b> is used, the resources <a href="months.html">MONTHS</a>, <a href="monthsabr.html">MONTHSABR</a>, <a href="weekdays.html">WEEKDAYS</a>, and <a href="weekdaysabr.html">WEEKDAYSABR</a> will have no effect. Month names and weekday names will be determined by your <a href="lang.html">systems locale</a>. See your system's manual page on <b><tt>strftime()</tt></b> for more information. </p> <p>If not set (the default), time format strings are processed by MHonArc specific code. A reason to activate POSIXSTRFTIME is if your system's <b><tt>strftime()</tt></b> supports conversion specifications you require which are not supported by MHonArc. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="default">Default Setting</a></h2> <p>Off. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="rcvars">Resource Variables</a></h2> <p>N/A </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="examples">Examples</a></h2> <p>None. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="version">Version</a></h2> <p>2.4.3 </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="seealso">See Also</a></h2> <p> <a href="gmtdatefmt.html">GMTDATEFMT</a>, <a href="lang.html">LANG</a>, <a href="localdatefmt.html">LOCALDATEFMT</a>, <a href="msggmtdatefmt.html">MSGGMTDATEFMT</a>, <a href="msglocaldatefmt.html">MSGLOCALDATEFMT</a> </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="perlinc.html">PERLINC</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#posixstrftime">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="prevbutton.html">PREVBUTTON</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <address> $Date: 2005/06/07 19:15:44 $ <br> <img align="top" src="../monicon.png" alt=""> <a href="http://www.mhonarc.org/" ><strong>MHonArc</strong></a><br> Copyright © 1999, <a href="http://www.earlhood.com/" >Earl Hood</a>, <a href="mailto:mhonarc%40mhonarc.org" >mhonarc<!-- -->@<!-- -->mhonarc.org</a><br> </address> </body> </html>