/* the_date has an unwanted newline at the end */
date_length = strlen (the_date) - 1;
the_date[date_length] = '\0';
+#ifdef WINDOWSNT
+ temp = "(null)";
+#else
temp = cuserid ((char *) NULL);
+#endif
user_length = strlen (temp);
the_user = alloc_string ((size_t) (user_length + 1));
strcpy (the_user, temp);