From d585fbea8a8fb7adb94ba217cc5d1d9b1c5a1eb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Katri <me@cameronkatri.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2022 11:33:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] time: implement Time.strftime(fmt string) as a wrapper for
 strftime(3) (#13898)

---
 vlib/time/time.c.v    | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 vlib/time/time_test.v |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vlib/time/time.c.v b/vlib/time/time.c.v
index 9816706dfd..75ebf2aa18 100644
--- a/vlib/time/time.c.v
+++ b/vlib/time/time.c.v
@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@ pub struct C.timeval {
 }
 
 fn C.localtime(t &C.time_t) &C.tm
+fn C.localtime_r(t &C.time_t, tm &C.tm)
 
 fn C.time(t &C.time_t) C.time_t
 
+fn C.gmtime(t &C.time_t) &C.tm
+fn C.gmtime_r(t &C.time_t, res &C.tm) &C.tm
+fn C.strftime(buf &C.char, maxsize C.size_t, fmt &C.char, tm &C.tm) C.size_t
+
 // now returns current local time.
 pub fn now() Time {
 	$if macos {
@@ -123,3 +128,17 @@ fn convert_ctime(t C.tm, microsecond int) Time {
 		is_local: true
 	}
 }
+
+// strftime returns the formatted time using `strftime(3)`
+pub fn (t Time) strftime(fmt string) string {
+	mut tm := &C.tm{}
+	$if windows {
+		tm = C.gmtime(voidptr(&t.unix))
+	} $else {
+		C.gmtime_r(voidptr(&t.unix), tm)
+	}
+	mut buf := [1024]C.char{}
+	fmt_c := unsafe { &C.char(fmt.str) }
+	C.strftime(&buf[0], C.size_t(sizeof(buf)), fmt_c, tm)
+	return unsafe { cstring_to_vstring(&char(&buf[0])) }
+}
diff --git a/vlib/time/time_test.v b/vlib/time/time_test.v
index c657b2c8ce..dc9e1b1516 100644
--- a/vlib/time/time_test.v
+++ b/vlib/time/time_test.v
@@ -263,3 +263,7 @@ fn test_recursive_local_call() {
 	assert now_tm.str() == now_tm.local().str()
 	assert now_tm.local().str() == now_tm.local().local().str()
 }
+
+fn test_strftime() {
+	assert '1980 July 11' == time_to_test.strftime('%Y %B %d')
+}