localdtconv - get date and time formatting conventions

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SYNOPSIS

struct dtconv *localdtconv()

DESCRIPTION

localdtconv() returns a pointer to a structure of type struct dtconv containing values appropriate for the formatting of dates and times according to the rules of the current locale.

The members include the following:

char *abbrev_month_names[12]

The abbreviated names of the months; for example, the abbreviated name for January is abbrev_month_names[0] and the abbreviated name for December is abbrev_month_names[11].

char *month_names[12]

The full names of the months; for example, the full name for January is month_names[0] and the full name for December is month_names[11].

char *abbrev_weekday_names[7]

The abbreviated names of the weekdays; for example, the abbreviated name for Sunday is abbrev_weekday_names[0] and the abbreviated name for Saturday is abbrev_weekday_names[6].

char *weekday_names[7]

The full names of the weekdays; for example, the full name for Sunday is weekday_names[0] and the full name for Saturday is weekday_names[6].

char *time_format

The standard format for times, using the format specifiers supported by strftime() and strptime() (see ctime.3v

char *sdate_format

The standard short format for dates, using the format specifiers supported by ctime (3V).

char *dtime_format

The standard short format for dates and times together, using the format specifiers supported by ctime.3v

char *am_string

The string representing AM.

char *pm_string

The string representing PM.

char *ldate_format

The standard long format for dates, using the format specifiers supported by ctime.3v

The values for the members in the C locale are:

abbrev_month_names

Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

month_names

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

abbrev_weekday_names

Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat

weekday_names

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

time_format

%H:%M:%S

sdate_format

%m/%d/%y

dtime_format

%a %b %e %T %Z %Y

am_string

AM

pm_string

PM

ldate_format

%A, %B %e, %Y

FILES

/usr/share/lib/locale/LC_TIME

standard locale information directory for category LC_TIME

SEE ALSO

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