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   Tim Rentsch to Scott Lurndal   
   Re: printf and time_t   
   07 Jan 26 05:06:28   
   
   From: tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com   
      
   scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:   
      
   > Michael S  writes:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 10:31:41 -0500   
   >> James Kuyper  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> If you know that an expression has one of the standard-named types or   
   >>> typedefs for with there is a corresponding printf() specifier, you   
   >>> should use that specifier.  Otherwise, if you know that an expression   
   >>> has one of the types declared in , you should use the   
   >>> corresponding macro #defined in  to print it.   
   >>   
   >> I should?  Really?   
   >> Sorry, James, but you have no authority to make such statements.   
   >   
   > James is paraphrasing the C standard.   
      
   Really?  What passage in the C standard is being paraphrased?   
      
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