Bug #15322: Time.strptime does not support %3N, %6N, %9N

• Status: Closed
• Priority: Normal
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: ruby 2.5.3p105 (2018-10-18 revision 65156) [x86_64-linux]
• Backport: 2.3: UNKNOWN, 2.4: UNKNOWN, 2.5: UNKNOWN

[okkez (okkez _)]

Time.strptime("2018-11-20 17:11:22.123", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%3N")
# => raise ArgumentError: invalid strptime format - `%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%3N'
Time.strptime("2018-11-20 17:11:22.123456", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%6N")
# => raise ArgumentError: invalid strptime format - `%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%6N'
Time.strptime("2018-11-20 17:11:22.123456789", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%9N")
# => raise ArgumentError: invalid strptime format - `%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%9N'

But RDoc says that (https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/2.5.0/Time.html#method-c-strptime):

%N
Fractional seconds digits, default is 9 digits (nanosecond)

  %3N
  millisecond (3 digits)

  %6N
  microsecond (6 digits)

  %9N
  nanosecond (9 digits)

%N works fine for this purpose.
I think we can remove %3N, %6N, and %9N from the document.

In fact, Fluentd users confuse when they read the document to configure Fluentd's parameter.

See also #11220

[okkez (okkez _)]

• Description updated (diff)
• Subject changed from Time.parse does not support %3N, %6N, %9N to Time.strptime does not support %3N, %6N, %9N

[naruse (Yui NARUSE)]

You can commit it but ", default is 9 digits " should also be removed.

[okkez (okkez _)]

Thank you for comments. I will commit the patch.

[okkez (okkez _)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

Applied in changeset trunk|r66145.

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time.rb: remove the unsupported formatting options from the document [ci skip]

Time.strptime does not support %3N, %6N, and %9N.

close [Bug #15322]