systime() in GAWK

[richardii]

I don't seem to have these two functions:
systime()
strftime([format [, timestamp]])

My version of gawk.exe is dated 29 May 2001, 13:16:50. If I use an earlier version these functions work, but other things don't! I suspect I need to do more than just download the exe from the intranet - can anyone help.

Thank you.

 

[aigles]

I use GNU AWK 3.0.4 from cygwin under Windows 98.
The executable /usr/bin/gawk doesn't need other files.

Verify that you don't use gawk with the --traditional (or --compat) option. In that case the functions systime(), strftime() and gensub() are disabled.

What is your OS ? Jean Pierre.

 

[richardii]

Thanks - it's Windows 2000.