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From: jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka)
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Subject: Re: need "yy-ddd-hh:mm:ss ==> (time_t) clock" converter
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Date: 18 Jan 91 20:07:00 GMT
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tsingle@sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Singletary) writes:

>Help!  I need something to convert yy-ddd-hh:mm:ss (i.e. year,
>day_of_year, hour, minute, second) to a unix-style
>_number_of_seconds_since_00:00:00_GMT,_Jan._1,_1970_.

>I tried to use Sun's timelocal() function but couldn't get it to work (it

Since your using a Sun you can use strptime(), at least
in SunOS 4.1.

I have no idea if this is a Sun defined function, or an ANSI
function.