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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] How to customized FT_ABSOLUTE_TIME

From: Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 11:52:05 -0400
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Fabio Tarabelloni
<fabio.tarabelloni@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I can't use BASE_CUSTOM with FT_ABSOLUTE_TIME field because the compiler
> returns this error:
>  Err  Field 'UTC Time' has a 'strings' value but is of type FT_ABSOLUTE_TIME
> (which is not allowed to have strings)
>
> So I think I have to set a FT_UINT32 with BASE_CUSTOM and decode function
> but I don't know how to disply UTC string like Jan  1, 1970
> 00:59:59.000000000.
> Is there a wireshark function makes that?

There are a number of time-related functions in epan/to_str.[c|h]
though I'm afraid I'm not sure which one of them you need.

Evan