Further 'approxidate' improvements

[git/dscho.git] / date.c

/*
 * GIT - The information manager from hell
 *
 * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
 */

#include "cache.h"

/*
 * This is like mktime, but without normalization of tm_wday and tm_yday.
 */
time_t tm_to_time_t(const struct tm *tm)
{
        static const int mdays[] = {
            0, 31, 59, 90, 120, 151, 181, 212, 243, 273, 304, 334
        };
        int year = tm->tm_year - 70;
        int month = tm->tm_mon;
        int day = tm->tm_mday;

        if (year < 0 || year > 129) /* algo only works for 1970-2099 */
                return -1;
        if (month < 0 || month > 11) /* array bounds */
                return -1;
        if (month < 2 || (year + 2) % 4)
                day--;
        if (tm->tm_hour < 0 || tm->tm_min < 0 || tm->tm_sec < 0)
                return -1;
        return (year * 365 + (year + 1) / 4 + mdays[month] + day) * 24*60*60UL +
                tm->tm_hour * 60*60 + tm->tm_min * 60 + tm->tm_sec;
}

static const char *month_names[] = {
        "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
        "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"
};

static const char *weekday_names[] = {
        "Sundays", "Mondays", "Tuesdays", "Wednesdays", "Thursdays", "Fridays", "Saturdays"
};

static time_t gm_time_t(unsigned long time, int tz)
{
        int minutes;

        minutes = tz < 0 ? -tz : tz;
        minutes = (minutes / 100)*60 + (minutes % 100);
        minutes = tz < 0 ? -minutes : minutes;
        return time + minutes * 60;
}

/*
 * The "tz" thing is passed in as this strange "decimal parse of tz"
 * thing, which means that tz -0100 is passed in as the integer -100,
 * even though it means "sixty minutes off"
 */
static struct tm *time_to_tm(unsigned long time, int tz)
{
        time_t t = gm_time_t(time, tz);
        return gmtime(&t);
}

/*
 * What value of "tz" was in effect back then at "time" in the
 * local timezone?
 */
static int local_tzoffset(unsigned long time)
{
        time_t t, t_local;
        struct tm tm;
        int offset, eastwest;

        t = time;
        localtime_r(&t, &tm);
        t_local = tm_to_time_t(&tm);

        if (t_local < t) {
                eastwest = -1;
                offset = t - t_local;
        } else {
                eastwest = 1;
                offset = t_local - t;
        }
        offset /= 60; /* in minutes */
        offset = (offset % 60) + ((offset / 60) * 100);
        return offset * eastwest;
}

const char *show_date(unsigned long time, int tz, enum date_mode mode)
{
        struct tm *tm;
        static char timebuf[200];

        if (mode == DATE_RAW) {
                snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu %+05d", time, tz);
                return timebuf;
        }

        if (mode == DATE_RELATIVE) {
                unsigned long diff;
                struct timeval now;
                gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
                if (now.tv_sec < time)
                        return "in the future";
                diff = now.tv_sec - time;
                if (diff < 90) {
                        snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu seconds ago", diff);
                        return timebuf;
                }
                /* Turn it into minutes */
                diff = (diff + 30) / 60;
                if (diff < 90) {
                        snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu minutes ago", diff);
                        return timebuf;
                }
                /* Turn it into hours */
                diff = (diff + 30) / 60;
                if (diff < 36) {
                        snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu hours ago", diff);
                        return timebuf;
                }
                /* We deal with number of days from here on */
                diff = (diff + 12) / 24;
                if (diff < 14) {
                        snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu days ago", diff);
                        return timebuf;
                }
                /* Say weeks for the past 10 weeks or so */
                if (diff < 70) {
                        snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu weeks ago", (diff + 3) / 7);
                        return timebuf;
                }
                /* Say months for the past 12 months or so */
                if (diff < 360) {
                        snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu months ago", (diff + 15) / 30);
                        return timebuf;
                }
                /* Give years and months for 5 years or so */
                if (diff < 1825) {
                        unsigned long years = (diff + 183) / 365;
                        unsigned long months = (diff % 365 + 15) / 30;
                        int n;
                        n = snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu year%s",
                                        years, (years > 1 ? "s" : ""));
                        if (months)
                                snprintf(timebuf + n, sizeof(timebuf) - n,
                                        ", %lu month%s ago",
                                        months, (months > 1 ? "s" : ""));
                        else
                                snprintf(timebuf + n, sizeof(timebuf) - n,
                                        " ago");
                        return timebuf;
                }
                /* Otherwise, just years. Centuries is probably overkill. */
                snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu years ago", (diff + 183) / 365);
                return timebuf;
        }

        if (mode == DATE_LOCAL)
                tz = local_tzoffset(time);

        tm = time_to_tm(time, tz);
        if (!tm)
                return NULL;
        if (mode == DATE_SHORT)
                sprintf(timebuf, "%04d-%02d-%02d", tm->tm_year + 1900,
                                tm->tm_mon + 1, tm->tm_mday);
        else if (mode == DATE_ISO8601)
                sprintf(timebuf, "%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d %+05d",
                                tm->tm_year + 1900,
                                tm->tm_mon + 1,
                                tm->tm_mday,
                                tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec,
                                tz);
        else if (mode == DATE_RFC2822)
                sprintf(timebuf, "%.3s, %d %.3s %d %02d:%02d:%02d %+05d",
                        weekday_names[tm->tm_wday], tm->tm_mday,
                        month_names[tm->tm_mon], tm->tm_year + 1900,
                        tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec, tz);
        else
                sprintf(timebuf, "%.3s %.3s %d %02d:%02d:%02d %d%c%+05d",
                                weekday_names[tm->tm_wday],
                                month_names[tm->tm_mon],
                                tm->tm_mday,
                                tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec,
                                tm->tm_year + 1900,
                                (mode == DATE_LOCAL) ? 0 : ' ',
                                tz);
        return timebuf;
}

/*
 * Check these. And note how it doesn't do the summer-time conversion.
 *
 * In my world, it's always summer, and things are probably a bit off
 * in other ways too.
 */
static const struct {
        const char *name;
        int offset;
        int dst;
} timezone_names[] = {
        { "IDLW", -12, 0, },    /* International Date Line West */
        { "NT",   -11, 0, },    /* Nome */
        { "CAT",  -10, 0, },    /* Central Alaska */
        { "HST",  -10, 0, },    /* Hawaii Standard */
        { "HDT",  -10, 1, },    /* Hawaii Daylight */
        { "YST",   -9, 0, },    /* Yukon Standard */
        { "YDT",   -9, 1, },    /* Yukon Daylight */
        { "PST",   -8, 0, },    /* Pacific Standard */
        { "PDT",   -8, 1, },    /* Pacific Daylight */
        { "MST",   -7, 0, },    /* Mountain Standard */
        { "MDT",   -7, 1, },    /* Mountain Daylight */
        { "CST",   -6, 0, },    /* Central Standard */
        { "CDT",   -6, 1, },    /* Central Daylight */
        { "EST",   -5, 0, },    /* Eastern Standard */
        { "EDT",   -5, 1, },    /* Eastern Daylight */
        { "AST",   -3, 0, },    /* Atlantic Standard */
        { "ADT",   -3, 1, },    /* Atlantic Daylight */
        { "WAT",   -1, 0, },    /* West Africa */

        { "GMT",    0, 0, },    /* Greenwich Mean */
        { "UTC",    0, 0, },    /* Universal (Coordinated) */

        { "WET",    0, 0, },    /* Western European */
        { "BST",    0, 1, },    /* British Summer */
        { "CET",   +1, 0, },    /* Central European */
        { "MET",   +1, 0, },    /* Middle European */
        { "MEWT",  +1, 0, },    /* Middle European Winter */
        { "MEST",  +1, 1, },    /* Middle European Summer */
        { "CEST",  +1, 1, },    /* Central European Summer */
        { "MESZ",  +1, 1, },    /* Middle European Summer */
        { "FWT",   +1, 0, },    /* French Winter */
        { "FST",   +1, 1, },    /* French Summer */
        { "EET",   +2, 0, },    /* Eastern Europe, USSR Zone 1 */
        { "EEST",  +2, 1, },    /* Eastern European Daylight */
        { "WAST",  +7, 0, },    /* West Australian Standard */
        { "WADT",  +7, 1, },    /* West Australian Daylight */
        { "CCT",   +8, 0, },    /* China Coast, USSR Zone 7 */
        { "JST",   +9, 0, },    /* Japan Standard, USSR Zone 8 */
        { "EAST", +10, 0, },    /* Eastern Australian Standard */
        { "EADT", +10, 1, },    /* Eastern Australian Daylight */
        { "GST",  +10, 0, },    /* Guam Standard, USSR Zone 9 */
        { "NZT",  +12, 0, },    /* New Zealand */
        { "NZST", +12, 0, },    /* New Zealand Standard */
        { "NZDT", +12, 1, },    /* New Zealand Daylight */
        { "IDLE", +12, 0, },    /* International Date Line East */
};

static int match_string(const char *date, const char *str)
{
        int i = 0;

        for (i = 0; *date; date++, str++, i++) {
                if (*date == *str)
                        continue;
                if (toupper(*date) == toupper(*str))
                        continue;
                if (!isalnum(*date))
                        break;
                return 0;
        }
        return i;
}

static int skip_alpha(const char *date)
{
        int i = 0;
        do {
                i++;
        } while (isalpha(date[i]));
        return i;
}

/*
* Parse month, weekday, or timezone name
*/
static int match_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *offset)
{
        int i;

        for (i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
                int match = match_string(date, month_names[i]);
                if (match >= 3) {
                        tm->tm_mon = i;
                        return match;
                }
        }

        for (i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
                int match = match_string(date, weekday_names[i]);
                if (match >= 3) {
                        tm->tm_wday = i;
                        return match;
                }
        }

        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(timezone_names); i++) {
                int match = match_string(date, timezone_names[i].name);
                if (match >= 3) {
                        int off = timezone_names[i].offset;

                        /* This is bogus, but we like summer */
                        off += timezone_names[i].dst;

                        /* Only use the tz name offset if we don't have anything better */
                        if (*offset == -1)
                                *offset = 60*off;

                        return match;
                }
        }

        if (match_string(date, "PM") == 2) {
                tm->tm_hour = (tm->tm_hour % 12) + 12;
                return 2;
        }

        if (match_string(date, "AM") == 2) {
                tm->tm_hour = (tm->tm_hour % 12) + 0;
                return 2;
        }

        /* BAD CRAP */
        return skip_alpha(date);
}

static int is_date(int year, int month, int day, struct tm *now_tm, time_t now, struct tm *tm)
{
        if (month > 0 && month < 13 && day > 0 && day < 32) {
                struct tm check = *tm;
                struct tm *r = (now_tm ? &check : tm);
                time_t specified;

                r->tm_mon = month - 1;
                r->tm_mday = day;
                if (year == -1) {
                        if (!now_tm)
                                return 1;
                        r->tm_year = now_tm->tm_year;
                }
                else if (year >= 1970 && year < 2100)
                        r->tm_year = year - 1900;
                else if (year > 70 && year < 100)
                        r->tm_year = year;
                else if (year < 38)
                        r->tm_year = year + 100;
                else
                        return 0;
                if (!now_tm)
                        return 1;

                specified = tm_to_time_t(r);

                /* Be it commit time or author time, it does not make
                 * sense to specify timestamp way into the future.  Make
                 * sure it is not later than ten days from now...
                 */
                if (now + 10*24*3600 < specified)
                        return 0;
                tm->tm_mon = r->tm_mon;
                tm->tm_mday = r->tm_mday;
                if (year != -1)
                        tm->tm_year = r->tm_year;
                return 1;
        }
        return 0;
}

static int match_multi_number(unsigned long num, char c, const char *date, char *end, struct tm *tm)
{
        time_t now;
        struct tm now_tm;
        struct tm *refuse_future;
        long num2, num3;

        num2 = strtol(end+1, &end, 10);
        num3 = -1;
        if (*end == c && isdigit(end[1]))
                num3 = strtol(end+1, &end, 10);

        /* Time? Date? */
        switch (c) {
        case ':':
                if (num3 < 0)
                        num3 = 0;
                if (num < 25 && num2 >= 0 && num2 < 60 && num3 >= 0 && num3 <= 60) {
                        tm->tm_hour = num;
                        tm->tm_min = num2;
                        tm->tm_sec = num3;
                        break;
                }
                return 0;

        case '-':
        case '/':
        case '.':
                now = time(NULL);
                refuse_future = NULL;
                if (gmtime_r(&now, &now_tm))
                        refuse_future = &now_tm;

                if (num > 70) {
                        /* yyyy-mm-dd? */
                        if (is_date(num, num2, num3, refuse_future, now, tm))
                                break;
                        /* yyyy-dd-mm? */
                        if (is_date(num, num3, num2, refuse_future, now, tm))
                                break;
                }
                /* Our eastern European friends say dd.mm.yy[yy]
                 * is the norm there, so giving precedence to
                 * mm/dd/yy[yy] form only when separator is not '.'
                 */
                if (c != '.' &&
                    is_date(num3, num, num2, refuse_future, now, tm))
                        break;
                /* European dd.mm.yy[yy] or funny US dd/mm/yy[yy] */
                if (is_date(num3, num2, num, refuse_future, now, tm))
                        break;
                /* Funny European mm.dd.yy */
                if (c == '.' &&
                    is_date(num3, num, num2, refuse_future, now, tm))
                        break;
                return 0;
        }
        return end - date;
}

/*
 * Have we filled in any part of the time/date yet?
 * We just do a binary 'and' to see if the sign bit
 * is set in all the values.
 */
static inline int nodate(struct tm *tm)
{
        return (tm->tm_year &
                tm->tm_mon &
                tm->tm_mday &
                tm->tm_hour &
                tm->tm_min &
                tm->tm_sec) < 0;
}

/*
 * We've seen a digit. Time? Year? Date?
 */
static int match_digit(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *offset, int *tm_gmt)
{
        int n;
        char *end;
        unsigned long num;

        num = strtoul(date, &end, 10);

        /*
         * Seconds since 1970? We trigger on that for any numbers with
         * more than 8 digits. This is because we don't want to rule out
         * numbers like 20070606 as a YYYYMMDD date.
         */
        if (num >= 100000000 && nodate(tm)) {
                time_t time = num;
                if (gmtime_r(&time, tm)) {
                        *tm_gmt = 1;
                        return end - date;
                }
        }

        /*
         * Check for special formats: num[-.:/]num[same]num
         */
        switch (*end) {
        case ':':
        case '.':
        case '/':
        case '-':
                if (isdigit(end[1])) {
                        int match = match_multi_number(num, *end, date, end, tm);
                        if (match)
                                return match;
                }
        }

        /*
         * None of the special formats? Try to guess what
         * the number meant. We use the number of digits
         * to make a more educated guess..
         */
        n = 0;
        do {
                n++;
        } while (isdigit(date[n]));

        /* Four-digit year or a timezone? */
        if (n == 4) {
                if (num <= 1400 && *offset == -1) {
                        unsigned int minutes = num % 100;
                        unsigned int hours = num / 100;
                        *offset = hours*60 + minutes;
                } else if (num > 1900 && num < 2100)
                        tm->tm_year = num - 1900;
                return n;
        }

        /*
         * Ignore lots of numerals. We took care of 4-digit years above.
         * Days or months must be one or two digits.
         */
        if (n > 2)
                return n;

        /*
         * NOTE! We will give precedence to day-of-month over month or
         * year numbers in the 1-12 range. So 05 is always "mday 5",
         * unless we already have a mday..
         *
         * IOW, 01 Apr 05 parses as "April 1st, 2005".
         */
        if (num > 0 && num < 32 && tm->tm_mday < 0) {
                tm->tm_mday = num;
                return n;
        }

        /* Two-digit year? */
        if (n == 2 && tm->tm_year < 0) {
                if (num < 10 && tm->tm_mday >= 0) {
                        tm->tm_year = num + 100;
                        return n;
                }
                if (num >= 70) {
                        tm->tm_year = num;
                        return n;
                }
        }

        if (num > 0 && num < 13 && tm->tm_mon < 0)
                tm->tm_mon = num-1;

        return n;
}

static int match_tz(const char *date, int *offp)
{
        char *end;
        int offset = strtoul(date+1, &end, 10);
        int min, hour;
        int n = end - date - 1;

        min = offset % 100;
        hour = offset / 100;

        /*
         * Don't accept any random crap.. At least 3 digits, and
         * a valid minute. We might want to check that the minutes
         * are divisible by 30 or something too.
         */
        if (min < 60 && n > 2) {
                offset = hour*60+min;
                if (*date == '-')
                        offset = -offset;

                *offp = offset;
        }
        return end - date;
}

static int date_string(unsigned long date, int offset, char *buf, int len)
{
        int sign = '+';

        if (offset < 0) {
                offset = -offset;
                sign = '-';
        }
        return snprintf(buf, len, "%lu %c%02d%02d", date, sign, offset / 60, offset % 60);
}

/* Gr. strptime is crap for this; it doesn't have a way to require RFC2822
   (i.e. English) day/month names, and it doesn't work correctly with %z. */
int parse_date(const char *date, char *result, int maxlen)
{
        struct tm tm;
        int offset, tm_gmt;
        time_t then;

        memset(&tm, 0, sizeof(tm));
        tm.tm_year = -1;
        tm.tm_mon = -1;
        tm.tm_mday = -1;
        tm.tm_isdst = -1;
        tm.tm_hour = -1;
        tm.tm_min = -1;
        tm.tm_sec = -1;
        offset = -1;
        tm_gmt = 0;

        for (;;) {
                int match = 0;
                unsigned char c = *date;

                /* Stop at end of string or newline */
                if (!c || c == '\n')
                        break;

                if (isalpha(c))
                        match = match_alpha(date, &tm, &offset);
                else if (isdigit(c))
                        match = match_digit(date, &tm, &offset, &tm_gmt);
                else if ((c == '-' || c == '+') && isdigit(date[1]))
                        match = match_tz(date, &offset);

                if (!match) {
                        /* BAD CRAP */
                        match = 1;
                }

                date += match;
        }

        /* mktime uses local timezone */
        then = tm_to_time_t(&tm);
        if (offset == -1)
                offset = (then - mktime(&tm)) / 60;

        if (then == -1)
                return -1;

        if (!tm_gmt)
                then -= offset * 60;
        return date_string(then, offset, result, maxlen);
}

enum date_mode parse_date_format(const char *format)
{
        if (!strcmp(format, "relative"))
                return DATE_RELATIVE;
        else if (!strcmp(format, "iso8601") ||
                 !strcmp(format, "iso"))
                return DATE_ISO8601;
        else if (!strcmp(format, "rfc2822") ||
                 !strcmp(format, "rfc"))
                return DATE_RFC2822;
        else if (!strcmp(format, "short"))
                return DATE_SHORT;
        else if (!strcmp(format, "local"))
                return DATE_LOCAL;
        else if (!strcmp(format, "default"))
                return DATE_NORMAL;
        else if (!strcmp(format, "raw"))
                return DATE_RAW;
        else
                die("unknown date format %s", format);
}

void datestamp(char *buf, int bufsize)
{
        time_t now;
        int offset;

        time(&now);

        offset = tm_to_time_t(localtime(&now)) - now;
        offset /= 60;

        date_string(now, offset, buf, bufsize);
}

/*
 * Relative time update (eg "2 days ago").  If we haven't set the time
 * yet, we need to set it from current time.
 */
static unsigned long update_tm(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, unsigned long sec)
{
        time_t n;

        if (tm->tm_mday < 0)
                tm->tm_mday = now->tm_mday;
        if (tm->tm_mon < 0)
                tm->tm_mon = now->tm_mon;
        if (tm->tm_year < 0) {
                tm->tm_year = now->tm_year;
                if (tm->tm_mon > now->tm_mon)
                        tm->tm_year--;
        }

        n = mktime(tm) - sec;
        localtime_r(&n, tm);
        return n;
}

static void date_yesterday(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
{
        update_tm(tm, now, 24*60*60);
}

static void date_time(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int hour)
{
        if (tm->tm_hour < hour)
                date_yesterday(tm, now, NULL);
        tm->tm_hour = hour;
        tm->tm_min = 0;
        tm->tm_sec = 0;
}

static void date_midnight(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
{
        date_time(tm, now, 0);
}

static void date_noon(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
{
        date_time(tm, now, 12);
}

static void date_tea(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
{
        date_time(tm, now, 17);
}

static void date_pm(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
{
        int hour, n = *num;
        *num = 0;

        hour = tm->tm_hour;
        if (n) {
                hour = n;
                tm->tm_min = 0;
                tm->tm_sec = 0;
        }
        tm->tm_hour = (hour % 12) + 12;
}

static void date_am(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
{
        int hour, n = *num;
        *num = 0;

        hour = tm->tm_hour;
        if (n) {
                hour = n;
                tm->tm_min = 0;
                tm->tm_sec = 0;
        }
        tm->tm_hour = (hour % 12);
}

static void date_never(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
{
        time_t n = 0;
        localtime_r(&n, tm);
}

static const struct special {
        const char *name;
        void (*fn)(struct tm *, struct tm *, int *);
} special[] = {
        { "yesterday", date_yesterday },
        { "noon", date_noon },
        { "midnight", date_midnight },
        { "tea", date_tea },
        { "PM", date_pm },
        { "AM", date_am },
        { "never", date_never },
        { NULL }
};

static const char *number_name[] = {
        "zero", "one", "two", "three", "four",
        "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine", "ten",
};

static const struct typelen {
        const char *type;
        int length;
} typelen[] = {
        { "seconds", 1 },
        { "minutes", 60 },
        { "hours", 60*60 },
        { "days", 24*60*60 },
        { "weeks", 7*24*60*60 },
        { NULL }
};

static const char *approxidate_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
{
        const struct typelen *tl;
        const struct special *s;
        const char *end = date;
        int i;

        while (isalpha(*++end));
                ;

        for (i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
                int match = match_string(date, month_names[i]);
                if (match >= 3) {
                        tm->tm_mon = i;
                        return end;
                }
        }

        for (s = special; s->name; s++) {
                int len = strlen(s->name);
                if (match_string(date, s->name) == len) {
                        s->fn(tm, now, num);
                        return end;
                }
        }

        if (!*num) {
                for (i = 1; i < 11; i++) {
                        int len = strlen(number_name[i]);
                        if (match_string(date, number_name[i]) == len) {
                                *num = i;
                                return end;
                        }
                }
                if (match_string(date, "last") == 4)
                        *num = 1;
                return end;
        }

        tl = typelen;
        while (tl->type) {
                int len = strlen(tl->type);
                if (match_string(date, tl->type) >= len-1) {
                        update_tm(tm, now, tl->length * *num);
                        *num = 0;
                        return end;
                }
                tl++;
        }

        for (i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
                int match = match_string(date, weekday_names[i]);
                if (match >= 3) {
                        int diff, n = *num -1;
                        *num = 0;

                        diff = tm->tm_wday - i;
                        if (diff <= 0)
                                n++;
                        diff += 7*n;

                        update_tm(tm, now, diff * 24 * 60 * 60);
                        return end;
                }
        }

        if (match_string(date, "months") >= 5) {
                int n = tm->tm_mon - *num;
                *num = 0;
                while (n < 0) {
                        n += 12;
                        tm->tm_year--;
                }
                tm->tm_mon = n;
                return end;
        }

        if (match_string(date, "years") >= 4) {
                tm->tm_year -= *num;
                *num = 0;
                return end;
        }

        return end;
}

static const char *approxidate_digit(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *num)
{
        char *end;
        unsigned long number = strtoul(date, &end, 10);

        switch (*end) {
        case ':':
        case '.':
        case '/':
        case '-':
                if (isdigit(end[1])) {
                        int match = match_multi_number(number, *end, date, end, tm);
                        if (match)
                                return date + match;
                }
        }

        /* Accept zero-padding only for small numbers ("Dec 02", never "Dec 0002") */
        if (date[0] != '0' || end - date <= 2)
                *num = number;
        return end;
}

/*
 * Do we have a pending number at the end, or when
 * we see a new one? Let's assume it's a month day,
 * as in "Dec 6, 1992"
 */
static void pending_number(struct tm *tm, int *num)
{
        int number = *num;

        if (number) {
                *num = 0;
                if (tm->tm_mday < 0 && number < 32)
                        tm->tm_mday = number;
                else if (tm->tm_mon < 0 && number < 13)
                        tm->tm_mon = number-1;
                else if (tm->tm_year < 0) {
                        if (number > 1969 && number < 2100)
                                tm->tm_year = number - 1900;
                        else if (number > 69 && number < 100)
                                tm->tm_year = number;
                        else if (number < 38)
                                tm->tm_year = 100 + number;
                        /* We screw up for number = 00 ? */
                }
        }
}

unsigned long approxidate(const char *date)
{
        int number = 0;
        struct tm tm, now;
        struct timeval tv;
        time_t time_sec;
        char buffer[50];

        if (parse_date(date, buffer, sizeof(buffer)) > 0)
                return strtoul(buffer, NULL, 10);

        gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
        time_sec = tv.tv_sec;
        localtime_r(&time_sec, &tm);
        now = tm;

        tm.tm_year = -1;
        tm.tm_mon = -1;
        tm.tm_mday = -1;

        for (;;) {
                unsigned char c = *date;
                if (!c)
                        break;
                date++;
                if (isdigit(c)) {
                        pending_number(&tm, &number);
                        date = approxidate_digit(date-1, &tm, &number);
                        continue;
                }
                if (isalpha(c))
                        date = approxidate_alpha(date-1, &tm, &now, &number);
        }
        pending_number(&tm, &number);
        return update_tm(&tm, &now, 0);
}