Re: Defect in XSH asctime

["Clive D.W. Feather" <yyyyy@xxxxxxxxx>]

yyyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxx said:
> Defect code :  3. Clarification required
> 
> Under RETURN VALUE, it states, "Upon successful completion, asctime() shall 
>return a pointer to the string." The phrase "Upon successful completion" 
>implies that unsuccessful completion is possible, in which case it should 
>state what it returns. If successful completion is the only possibility, the 
>phrase should be dropped, as it's confusing.

This was addressed in a C Defect Report. The decision was that the behaviour
is undefined (including cases such as when the year has 5 digits and so the
provided space is insufficient).

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