Re: Parsing timestamps?

On 7/10/2024 2:34 am, dxf wrote:

...
Bug fix:
 
variable cnt
 
: @SEC ( a u -- ud )  \ HH:MM:SS or free-form
  0 cnt !  3 0 do
    0 0 2swap >number rot drop ( u ... a u)
    dup if  1 /string  1 cnt +!  then
  loop 2drop  cnt @ 1+ 0 do  rot  loop ( fixup)
; \  swap secs/min * +  swap secs/hour um*  rot 0 d+ ;
 
: .3 ( h m s -- )  cr rot . swap . . ;
 
s" 00:00:06" @sec .3
s" 00:06:00" @sec .3
s" 06:00:00" @sec .3
cr
s" 06"       @sec .3
s" 06:00"    @sec .3
s" 06:00:00" @sec .3

That's not foolproof either!  My conclusion is the only reliable way to do it
is as per the 'Reverse SCAN SPLIT' thread.