RE: [avr-libc-dev] Missing time.h posix

[Weddington, Eric]

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> org] On Behalf Of Daniele Basile
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 6:10 PM
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> Subject: [avr-libc-dev] Missing time.h posix 
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> Hello,
> we need to use some functions of posix standard time library. 
> We want to use 
> some time functions that convert unix time to a tm structure, 
> or vice versa, 
> (ie, mktime, gmtime..), but the avr libc doesn't include them.
> Do you plan to include time.h in avr libc in future? if not, 
> how do we 
> contribute to avr libc?
> 

Hi Daniele,

I believe I know some other people over at Develer. ;-) You can contribute like 
any other open source project: just submit a patch. Please submit patches to 
the Patch Tracker on the avr-libc project on Savannah.

We have had people ask about time.h in the past. The problem with it is that 
there is no common hardware standard on the AVR for timekeeping. So our 
standard answer has always been that we can't generally support time.h because 
there's no common way to do this for all AVR projects. However we're always 
open to new ideas and if you have a proposal then let's please discuss.

Thanks,
Eric Weddington