parse_date_basic()

Parses a date string into a timestamp and timezone offset. The function supports various date formats and extracts the corresponding Unix timestamp and timezone offset.

C

Prototype

int parse_date_basic(
    const char *date,
    timestamp_t *timestamp,
    int *offset
);

Parameters

Key	Type	Description
date	const char *	The input date string to be parsed.
timestamp	timestamp_t *	Pointer to store the parsed Unix timestamp.
offset	int *	Pointer to store the parsed timezone offset in minutes.

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Return Value

Returns 0 on success, or -1 if the date string could not be parsed.

Notes

This function is used internally by approxidate_careful() and approxidate_relative() to interpret date strings in various formats.

JS

Prototype

// Not applicable in JS

Python

Prototype

# Not applicable in Python

Examples

C

// TODO C examples

JS

// TODO JS examples

Python

# TODO Python examples