Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] bug in editcap start time and end time? -A -B

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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:45:51 +0100
Stop there, I need to clear the struct tm before the call to
strptime() (no mention of this in the docs).

add a
memset(&starttm,0,sizeof(struct tm));

the line before each call to strptime

Luis

On 3/16/06, LEGO <luis.ontanon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It sounds preety odd to me....
> why should strptime be yielding two diferent timezones for two
> different calls...
>
> Even more odd is that on my mac the attached script  yields two
> different TZs but editcap works!
>
> I'm attaching you a test script (a modification of the last one), if
> it fails it is a plattform problem, you might want to open a bug to
> the distributuion you are using (I'm opening one to apple, this is at
> least a documentation bug) In the meanwhile I'll look for a
> workarround of this issue.
>
> An interesting test would be to check how the windows version (which
> uses "our own" strptime) works
>
> On 3/16/06, George P Nychis <gnychis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Sorry for the spam, but i'm trying to help solve this problem...
> >
> > I debugged editcap.c in gdb and found that it computers starttime and stoptime to the following:
> > 1: starttime = 1141283520
> > 3: stoptime = 1141282020
> >
> > therefore, your "if (starttime > stoptime)" is true ... so its computing starttime and stoptime incorrectly
> >
> > timecode for starttime was:
> > 2: timecode = {tm_sec = 0, tm_min = 12, tm_hour = 2, tm_mday = 2, tm_mon = 2,tm_year = 106, tm_wday = 4, tm_yday = 60, tm_isdst = 0, tm_gmtoff = -18000,tm_zone = 0x804d230 "EST"}
> >
> > timecode for stoptime was:
> > 4: timecode = {tm_sec = 0, tm_min = 47, tm_hour = 2, tm_mday = 2, tm_mon = 2,tm_year = 106, tm_wday = 4, tm_yday = 60, tm_isdst = 1, tm_gmtoff = -1209507840,tm_zone = 0x0}
> >
> > For some reason stoptime does not pick up a timezone which could make the difference... i really am not sure how the times are formed from the format, but i'll keep digging
> >
> >
> >
> > > On another note, if you want to try and kill two birds with one build...
> > > the output if editcap says the format should be: (format as YYYY-MM-DD
> > > hh-mm-ss)
> > >
> > > however, i believe that it should be:
> > >
> > > (format as YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss)
> > >
> > > because: gnychis@monster ~/school/15744/project/logs $ editcap -A
> > > '2006-03-02 02:12:00' -B '2006-03-02 02:47:00'
> > > scen1-comcast_to_ini-comcast.log test-start0.log editcap: start time is
> > > after the stop time gnychis@monster ~/school/15744/project/logs $ editcap
> > > -A '2006-03-02 02-12-00' -B '2006-03-02 02-47-00'
> > > scen1-comcast_to_ini-comcast.log test-start0.log editcap: "2006-03-02
> > > 02-12-00" isn't a valid time format
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't know if this has anything to do with the other bug... but, yeah
> > > just letting you know :)
> > >
> > >> patience... it's cooking: http://buildbot.ethereal.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 3/15/06, George P Nychis <gnychis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>> sorry but how can i get that version, the highest i see is 17632
> > >>> here: http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/buildbot-builds/source/
> > >>>
> > >>>> I changed the type on which I stored the time in editcap, that's in
> > >>>>  revision 17638 can you try that.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Still wondering what could had happened because the time fits in 31
> > >>>>  bits (log(1141285620)/log(2) < 31) and 1141285620 > 1141283520.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> L
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 3/15/06, George P Nychis <gnychis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>>>> gnychis@monster ~/school/15744/project/logs $ ./test_time.sh
> > >>>>> 2006-03-02 02:12:00 -- 1141283520 2006-03-02 02:47:00 --
> > >>>>> 1141285620
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> On 3/15/06, George P Nychis <gnychis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>>>>>> gnychis@monster ~/school/15744/project/logs $ editcap -A
> > >>>>>>> '2006-03-02 02:12:00' -B '2006-03-02 02:47:00'
> > >>>>>>> scen1-comcast_to_ini-comcast.log test-start0.log editcap:
> > >>>>>>> start time is after the stop time
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> My start time doesn't seem to be after the stop time...
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>> That's odd...
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> can you run the attached script and give me the output.
> > >>>>>>
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