Clean up approxidate() in preparation for fixes

diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index e387dcd3976d8e12afdce5d7600ca0022f4ca835..4ff6604a09045789ca6abcdc0396fdc4467e1101 100644 (file)
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -712,6 +712,15 @@ static const char *approxidate_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *num)
        return end;
 }
 
+static const char *approxidate_digit(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *num)
+{
+       char *end;
+       unsigned long number = strtoul(date, &end, 10);
+
+       *num = number;
+       return end;
+}
+
 unsigned long approxidate(const char *date)
 {
        int number = 0;
@@ -731,9 +740,7 @@ unsigned long approxidate(const char *date)
                        break;
                date++;
                if (isdigit(c)) {
-                       char *end;
-                       number = strtoul(date-1, &end, 10);
-                       date = end;
+                       date = approxidate_digit(date-1, &tm, &number);
                        continue;
                }
                if (isalpha(c))