Commit 2f78c963 authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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clarify

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.\" nroff -man [file]
.\" nroff -man [file]
.\" $Id$
.\" $Id$
.\"
.\"
.TH curl_getdate 3 "5 March 2001" "libcurl 7.0" "libcurl Manual"
.TH curl_getdate 3 "12 Aug 2005" "libcurl 7.0" "libcurl Manual"
.SH NAME
.SH NAME
curl_getdate - Convert an date string to number of seconds since January 1,
curl_getdate - Convert an date string to number of seconds since January 1,
1970
1970
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items:
items:
.TP 0.8i
.TP 0.8i
.B calendar date items
.B calendar date items
Can be specified several ways. Month names can only be three-letter
Can be specified several ways. Month names can only be three-letter english
abbrivations, numbers can be zero-prefixed and the year may use 2 or 4 digits.
abbrivations, numbers can be zero-prefixed and the year may use 2 or 4 digits.
Examples: 06 Nov 1994, 06-Nov-94 and Nov-94 6.
Examples: 06 Nov 1994, 06-Nov-94 and Nov-94 6.
.TP
.TP
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.SH REWRITE
.SH REWRITE
The former version of this function was built with yacc and was not only very
The former version of this function was built with yacc and was not only very
large, it was also never quite understood and it wasn't possible to build with
large, it was also never quite understood and it wasn't possible to build with
non-GNU tools since only Bison could make it thread-safe!
non-GNU tools since only GNU Bison could make it thread-safe!


The rewrite was done for 7.12.2. The new one is much smaller and use simpler
The rewrite was done for 7.12.2. The new one is much smaller and use simpler
code.
code.