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title: system / strptime
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# strptime

### NAME

    strptime() - parse string as local time

### SYNOPSIS

    int strptime( string fmt, string str );

### DESCRIPTION

    Parse given time 'str' with a format string, see:
    https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/strptime.3.html

### SEE ALSO

    strftime(3)

