Bug 4773

Summary:	strptime()'s '%b' descriptor should be greedy
Product:	glibc	Reporter:	Piotr Engelking <inkerman42>
Component:	libc	Assignee:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	glibc-bugs, tomek
Priority:	P2	Flags:	fweimer: security-
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
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Description Piotr Engelking 2007-07-10 20:46:30 UTC

strptime()'s '%b'/'%B'/'%h' field descriptor should use greedy matching.
Currently, it uses first fit, which causes strptime() to misparse months in, at
least, Polish and Vietnamese locale, e.g.:

* 'VIII' (August) is incorrectly matched as 'V' (May).
* 'Tháng mười một' (November) is incorrectly matched as 'Tháng mười' (October).

Comment 1 Ulrich Drepper 2007-07-10 22:14:17 UTC

Fixed in cvs.