#include <stdio.h>
 
int main(void)
{
   const char line[] = "2004/12/03 12:01:59;info1;info2;info3";
   const char *ptr = line;
   char field [ 32 ];
   int n;
   while ( sscanf(ptr, "%31[^;]%n", field, &n) == 1 )
   {
      printf("field = \"%s\"\n", field);
      ptr += n; /* advance the pointer by the number of characters read */
      if ( *ptr != ';' )
      {
         break; /* didn't find an expected delimiter, done? */
      }
      ++ptr; /* skip the delimiter */
   }
   return 0;
}
 
/* my output
field = "2004/12/03 12:01:59"
field = "info1"
field = "info2"
field = "info3"
*/