Time formats available to windows?

ThatOneGuy · **Author**

I am wondering which time formats are available for windows. I am using the following code to get the 2-digit number for the month:

Code:

new String:formattedMonth[2];
		FormatTime(formattedMonth, sizeof(formattedMonth), "%m");

I got my formats from here. This works great on my test server (on a linux machine), however, the server the plugin is for is on windows, and generates this error:

Code:

L 02/19/2014 - 15:06:08: [SM] Native "FormatTime" reported: Invalid time format or buffer too small
L 02/19/2014 - 15:06:08: [SM] Displaying call stack trace for plugin "plugin-name.smx":
L 02/19/2014 - 15:06:08: [SM]   [0]  Line 386, C:\scripting-file-path\plugin-name.smx::OnMapEnd()

I found this thread that states that some of those formats dont work on windows machines. So, I am wondering (after having searched around long enough -.-) if there is a list elsewhere for the ones available on windows.

Ultimately, I am just using it for a time stamp in a file name. This is the code I am using (which, again, works great for my linux test server, but wont generate the file on my windows machine). The debug you see in the coding does fire, so the issue is purely in the filename not being able to use that format.

Spoiler

Originally, I used %F instead of %m and %d, but the above code was an attempt to get it working on the windows machine. Additionally, the string lengths were originally longer (much more than needed), but I put it to these shorter lengths (the exact length it will use) to see if that did anything.

I imagine there is a simpler way to add the date stamp as I want it, but I am newer to coding, so I wasnt sure which way would be best. From what I understand, this is simply an OS issue with regards to accepted formats of FormatTime.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

Bacardi · *Last edited by Bacardi; 02-19-2014 at 16:48.*

PHP Code:


			
new String:formattedMonth[2];

buffer too small.
5 Strings
It include NULL ternimator.
So

PHP Code:


			
new String:formattedMonth[3];

*edit

PHP Code:


			
"%m" output is "02"

ThatOneGuy · 02-19-2014 , 16:50 Re: Time formats available to windows?

I originally had it set to 60 though...ill try 3 and get back tya though.

ThatOneGuy · 02-19-2014 , 16:55 Re: Time formats available to windows?

ok...so now it just generates the error for the %R format...which maybe that one isnt for windows...ill try converting it to lower case equivalents.

ThatOneGuy · *Last edited by ThatOneGuy; 02-19-2014 at 17:04.*

Additionally, is there a simple way to combine all the time/date strings into one, rather than replace multiple tags? Like could I do this: (I'm guessing no)

Code:

new String:formattedMonth[3];
FormatTime(formattedMonth, sizeof(formattedMonth), "%m");
new String:formattedDay[3];
FormatTime(formattedDay, sizeof(formattedDay), "%d");
new String:formattedTime[6];
FormatTime(formattedTime, sizeof(formattedTime), "%R");

//is this a valid line below?
new String:formattedtag[30] = ("%s/%s "%s", formattedMonth, formattedDay, formattedTime);

new String:sumpath[250] = "addons/sourcemod/logs/plugin-folder/mappopsummary_<tag>.log";
ReplaceString(sumpath, sizeof(sumpath), "<tag>", formattedtag);

So to ask such basic questions, but you have to learn somehow, eh?

ThatOneGuy · *Last edited by ThatOneGuy; 02-19-2014 at 17:20.*

Using the lower case equivelents worked...I guess the windows machine didnt like the %R format.

The code I ended with:

Spoiler

Thanks for pointing out the null terminator to me (I had forgotten about that). Turned out to be a format issue with windows after all : /

Note: The %H and %M are used in what is written in the file...just in case you noticed they arent used in what i posted above

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Also, as stated in the OP, if anyone knows of a list of formats applicable to windows OS, please post.

-ToG

11530 · *Last edited by 11530; 02-19-2014 at 17:28.*

Consolidate specifiers, use Format once, don't use three quotation marks on the same line, don't use a slash for your filename (or any other symbols - keep it simple), and ReplaceString is unneeded.

Edit: Some of these are fixed in that post above now. And since you asked: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/ctime/strftime/

This should be fine:

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new String:sumpath[PLATFORM_MAX_PATH];
FormatTime(sumpath, sizeof(sumpath), "addons/sourcemod/logs/plugin-folder/mappopsummary_%m-%d.log");

ThatOneGuy · 02-19-2014 , 17:31 Re: Time formats available to windows?

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