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1992-11-27
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/*
arpadate - return the current date/time in RFC 822 format
ctime() format 'Mon Nov 21 11:31:54 1983\n\0'
RFC822 format 'Mon, 21 Nov 1983 11:31:54 PST\0' or
RFC822 format 'Mon, 16 May 1988 02:13:10 -0700\0'
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include "lib.h"
#include "arpadate.h"
char *arpadate()
{
static char adate[40];
time_t t;
static time_t save_t = 0;
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Microsoft and Turbo don't agree on timezone (%z or %Z) */
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#ifdef __TURBOC__
static char format[] = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z";
#else
static char format[] = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z";
#endif
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Return previously formatted buffer if time has not changed */
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
time( &t );
if ( save_t == t)
return adate;
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Format the new time and return it */
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
strftime( adate , sizeof( adate ) , format , localtime( &t ));
printmsg(5, "date=%s", adate);
save_t = t;
return adate;
} /*arpadate*/