Re: [Bug-gnulib] strftime question

[Paul Eggert]

Derek Robert Price <address@hidden> writes:

> It seems that strftime expects to always be used, as my_strftime().
> Is there a good reason for this, or is it simply because noone has
> written the Autoconf code to test if the local strftime() is already
> usable?

gnulib strftime contains features that no other strftime has: support
for UTC and nanoseconds.  Most programs that use it want these extra
features, so we haven't bothered to write test cases for the case
where a program just wants the standard features.  I guess the
long-term goal is to migrate this stuff into glibc but (as you know)
these things take time and energy.