ATOT

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 6/20/86
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NAME

atot - convert ascii date string to time

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
time_t atot(datestr)
char *datestr;

DESCRIPTION

Atot converts an ascii date specification to its equivalent UNIX date/time representation. The date string is parsed using parsedate(3). The month, day and year default to today while the time defaults to 00:00:00.

DIAGNOSTICS

Returns the converted time, -1 for invalid dates.