What is the date?



The above graphic is nice but what is the date for a particular day. How about the day 214? Supposedly close to the hottest day of the year, then what actual day is that?

 Usage: ./main dayofyear year

$ ./main 214 2014
Result: day 214 of year 2014 is '08/02/2014'.

To confirm it:





So it looks like August 2, is near the hottest day of the year.

$ gcc main.c -o main

main.c
[code]
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE /* glibc2 needs this for strptime */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>  
#include <errno.h>

int to_date(
  char * date,
  const size_t size,
  const char * fmt,
  const short unsigned int day_of_year,
  const short unsigned int year)
{
  char buffer[16] = "";

  sprintf(buffer, "%hu %hu", day_of_year, year);

  {
    struct tm t = {0};
    char * presult = strptime(buffer, "%j %Y", &t);

    if ((NULL == presult) || ('\0' != *presult))
    {
      errno = EINVAL;
      return -1;
    }

    strftime(date, size, fmt, &t);
  }

  return 0;
}

int main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
  if (2 > argc)
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "Missing arguments. Usage: %s day-of-year year\n", argv[0]);
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  short unsigned int day_of_year = atoi(argv[1]);
  short unsigned int year = atoi(argv[2]);
  char date[16] = "";

  if (-1 == to_date(date, sizeof(date), "%m/%d/%Y", day_of_year, year))
  {
    perror("to_date() failed");
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  printf("Result: day %d of year %d is '%s'.\n", day_of_year, year, date);

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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