by default use codepage1252 for metadata including non-ascii characters while missing codepage info

lib/imc_channel.hpp

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
 #include <iconv.h>
+#elif defined(__WIN32__) || defined(_WIN32)
+#define timegm _mkgmtime
 #endif
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
@@ -494,10 +496,18 @@ namespace imc
     // convert any description, units etc. to UTF-8 (by default)
     void convert_encoding()
     {
+      // actual input codepage
+      std::string cpn;
+
       if ( !codepage_.empty() )
       {
         // construct iconv-compatible name for respective codepage
-        std::string cpn = std::string("CP") + codepage_;
+        cpn = std::string("CP") + codepage_;
+      }
+      else {
+	// assume codepage 1252 by default
+	cpn = std::string("CP1252");
+      }
 
       // set up converter
       std::string utf = std::string("UTF-8");
@@ -516,7 +526,6 @@ namespace imc
       conv.convert(group_name_);
       conv.convert(group_comment_);
     }
-    }
 
     // get info string
     std::string get_info(int width = 20)

python/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.15
+2.0.16