[kronolith] kronolith: two post-install snags

[cjdl01]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Zitat von cjdl01 <cjdl01 at brokensolstice.com>:
>
>> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>
>>> Zitat von cjdl01 <cjdl01 at brokensolstice.com>:
>>>
>>>>>> Looks like you have a broken nl_langinfo implementation on your  
>>>>>> system. It returns a strftime format specifier (%r) that isn't  
>>>>>> even supported by your strftime implementation. So it might  
>>>>>> actually be a bug in strftime instead, because %r is supposed  
>>>>>> to be supported on all platforms.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jan,
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't really know anything about C programming and how to use  
>>>>> libraries, and my google searches are just getting me  
>>>>> frustrated.  Is there a way to test your hypotheses on my  
>>>>> system?  Some quick and dirty code that can send me down the  
>>>>> right path?  -Or- is there a quick and dirty way to hack the  
>>>>> kronolith code to get this information some other way?  Maybe  
>>>>> something in the prefs file?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>> Hi Jan,
>>>>
>>>> I know you are busy, but I was wondering if you had a minute if  
>>>> you could advise me on this?  I'd like to sort that out, since it  
>>>> does cause confusion for my users.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> -Chris
>>>
>>> Try this snippet of C code:
>>>
>>> #include <langinfo.h>
>>> #include <locale.h>
>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>> #include <time.h>
>>>
>>> main()
>>> {
>>> char *locale, *fmt_C, *fmt_US;
>>> char result[200];
>>> time_t now;
>>> struct tm *t;
>>>
>>> now = time(NULL);
>>> t = localtime(&now);
>>>
>>> locale = setlocale(LC_TIME, "C");
>>> fmt_C = nl_langinfo(T_FMT);
>>> strftime(result, 200, fmt_C, t);
>>> printf("%s\n%s\n%s\n", locale, fmt_C, result);
>>>
>>> locale = setlocale(LC_TIME, "en_US.UTF-8");
>>> fmt_US = nl_langinfo(T_FMT);
>>> strftime(result, 200, fmt_US, t);
>>> printf("%s\n%s\n%s\n", locale, fmt_US, result);
>>>
>>> return 0;
>>> }
>>>
>>> Compiling (gcc file.c) and running (./a.out) should print something like:
>>>
>>> C
>>> %H:%M:%S
>>> 11:36:30
>>> en_US.UTF-8
>>> %r
>>> 11:36:30 AM
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Jan Schneider
>>> The Horde Project
>>> http://www.horde.org/
>>
>> Thank you.  I learned something new.
>>
>> The output looks good:
>>
>> C
>> %H:%M:%S
>> 09:47:45
>> en_US.UTF-8
>> %r
>> 09:47:45 AM
>>
>> So the problem must lie elsewhere, eh?
>>
>> -Chris
>
> Well, then there is probably something wrong with your PHP. This is  
> the PHP equivalent of the C script:
>
> $t = time();
>
> $locale = setlocale(LC_TIME, "C");
> $fmt_C = nl_langinfo(T_FMT);
> $result = strftime($fmt_C, $t);
> printf("%s\n%s\n%s\n", $locale, $fmt_C, $result);
>
> $locale = setlocale(LC_TIME, "en_US.UTF-8");
> $fmt_US = nl_langinfo(T_FMT);
> $result = strftime($fmt_US, $t);
> printf("%s\n%s\n%s\n", $locale, $fmt_US, $result);
>
> The output should be the same.
> -- 
> Jan Schneider


Hi Jan.  Here is the output from the php script:

C
%H:%M:%S
11:14:23
en_US.UTF-8
%r
11:14:23 AM