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| From | James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: determines if it is a signed type |
| Date | 2015-05-18 11:28 -0400 |
| Organization | Self |
| Message-ID | <555A0502.10408@verizon.net> (permalink) |
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On 05/18/2015 08:56 AM, Richard Heathfield wrote: > On 18/05/15 08:43, Keith Thompson wrote: >> Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes: ... >>> OP: look at the definition. Really. >> >> How can I portably print the value returned by time(NULL)? Looking at >> the definition doesn't help. > > According to N1570, time() returns a time_t, which is a "real type". Older versions of the standard specified "arithmetic type". I think my discussion of the possible problems if clock_t or time_t were typedefs for "double _Imaginary" ;-) was at least partially responsible for the change. > That means it could be an integer type or a floating point type. So the > best we can do with time(NULL) in the absence of a time_t conversion > specifier is to cast to the widest supported floating point type, > presumably long double. ... time_t could be an integer type so wide that it's full precision might not survive conversion to the widest available floating point type. Since we can in fact test to determine whether it is a floating point or integer type, "the best we can do" would not involve ignoring that issue. If it is an integer type, it would generally be best to print it using either a signed or unsigned type, depending upon whether time_t is signed or unsigned. This is also testable, so "the best we can do" would test that. > ...We would do better to use gmtime or localtime > followed by strftime to get a string in a reliable format, and then > print that. In general, I would agree - except when debugging with the goal of trying to figure out why gmtime(), localtime() or strftime() are producing unexpected results.
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Re: determines if it is a signed type Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-05-17 18:12 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-05-17 10:34 -0700
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Re: determines if it is a signed type Kusalananda <kusalananda@example.com> - 2015-05-17 18:22 +0000
Re: determines if it is a signed type asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-05-17 11:31 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Kusalananda <kusalananda@example.com> - 2015-05-17 19:59 +0000
Re: determines if it is a signed type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-17 13:12 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-05-17 19:08 -0500
Re: determines if it is a signed type Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-05-17 19:46 -0500
Re: determines if it is a signed type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-18 01:59 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-05-17 20:10 -0500
Re: determines if it is a signed type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-18 00:37 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-18 21:15 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-18 15:15 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-18 21:51 +0000
Re: determines if it is a signed type James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-18 18:00 -0400
Re: determines if it is a signed type glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-18 14:37 +0000
Re: determines if it is a signed type jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-05-18 17:09 +0200
Re: determines if it is a signed type glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-18 18:14 +0000
Re: determines if it is a signed type Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-05-18 06:34 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-18 00:43 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-05-18 13:56 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-18 08:00 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-05-18 20:35 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-05-18 23:08 +0200
Re: determines if it is a signed type Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-05-18 22:32 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-05-19 00:44 +0200
Re: determines if it is a signed type Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-05-19 00:05 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-05-19 01:43 +0200
Re: determines if it is a signed type Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-05-19 01:08 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type "Bartc" <bartc@freeuk.com> - 2015-05-19 11:33 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-19 08:15 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type "Bartc" <bartc@freeuk.com> - 2015-05-19 19:36 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-19 11:55 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-05-19 11:39 +0200
Re: determines if it is a signed type "Bartc" <bartc@freeuk.com> - 2015-05-19 11:44 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-05-19 12:11 +0200
Re: determines if it is a signed type jadill33@gmail.com - 2015-05-19 05:45 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-19 15:03 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type jadill33@gmail.com - 2015-05-19 08:46 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-19 17:08 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type jadill33@gmail.com - 2015-05-19 09:52 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-19 20:36 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type jadill33@gmail.com - 2015-05-20 07:40 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-20 23:12 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type jadill33@gmail.com - 2015-05-21 13:52 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-21 22:48 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type jadill33@gmail.com - 2015-05-22 05:50 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-05-22 23:14 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type jadill33@gmail.com - 2015-05-26 14:31 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-22 23:32 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-20 12:26 +0200
Re: determines if it is a signed type Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-05-19 15:28 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-05-23 10:37 +0000
Re: determines if it is a signed type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-18 15:21 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-05-19 00:04 +0100
Re: determines if it is a signed type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-19 08:03 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-19 08:47 +0200
Re: determines if it is a signed type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-19 08:07 -0700
Re: determines if it is a signed type James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-05-18 11:28 -0400
Re: determines if it is a signed type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-18 00:40 -0700
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