When strftime lets you down

by frank · May 7, 2015

int iret = strftime(szLargeBuffer, sizeof(szLargeBuffer), "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", gmtime(&node->mtime));

iret == 0, it should have worked, but szLargeBuffer is not changed at all.

What is going on?!?

Passing a too large length to strftime will cause this silent failure, make you "loose" precious time.

Solution is to use a small buffer size such as 100.

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