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Date:      Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:11:30 -0300
From:      Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br>
To:        Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mktime(3) Y2K bug?
Message-ID:  <39CE7C12.59AE80C5@jonny.eng.br>
References:  <39CD8FD9.F2B7419@jonny.eng.br> <20000924115101.A252@parish>

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krakatoa::root [629] ./a.out
t = -1
Wed Dec 31 20:59:59 1969
krakatoa::root [630] TZ=EST3EDT ./a.out
t = 970365660
Sun Oct  1 00:01:00 2000
krakatoa::root [631] 




Mark Ovens wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 02:23:37AM -0300, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >   Try the following piece of code:
> >
> > #include <time.h>
> >
> > main()
> > {
> >   struct tm tm;
> >   time_t t;
> >
> >   bzero( &tm, sizeof tm );
> >   tm.tm_sec = 0;
> >   tm.tm_min = 1;
> >   tm.tm_hour = 0;
> >   tm.tm_mday = 1;
> >   tm.tm_mon = 9;
> >   tm.tm_year = 100;
> >   tm.tm_isdst = -1;
> >
> >   t = mktime( &tm );
> >   printf( "t = %ld\n", t );
> >   printf( "%s", ctime( &t ) );
> > }
> >
> >
> > My results:
> >
> > FreeBSD:
> >
> > t = -1
> > Wed Dec 31 20:59:59 1969
> >
> 
> Hmm, what version of FreeBSD? It works OK for me on 4.1-STABLE:
> 
> /usr/marko{52}% cat > foo.c
> #include <time.h>
> 
> main()
> {
>   struct tm tm;
>   time_t t;
> 
>   bzero( &tm, sizeof tm );
>   tm.tm_sec = 0;
>   tm.tm_min = 1;
>   tm.tm_hour = 0;
>   tm.tm_mday = 1;
>   tm.tm_mon = 9;
>   tm.tm_year = 100;
>   tm.tm_isdst = -1;
> 
>   t = mktime( &tm );
>   printf( "t = %ld\n", t );
>   printf( "%s", ctime( &t ) );
> }
> /usr/marko{53}% cc -o foo foo.c
> /usr/marko{54}% ./foo
> t = 970354860
> Sun Oct  1 00:01:00 2000
> /usr/marko{55}%
> 
> > Solaris:
> >
> > t = 970369260
> > Sun Oct  1 00:01:00 2000
> >
> > Linux:
> >
> > t = -1
> > Wed Dec 31 20:59:59 1969
> >
> >   If I change tm_year to 99, everything is ok.
> >
> >   Is this a bug, or just something stupid I can´t see at 2am without
> > enough coffe?
> >
> >   I found this executing at(1) as "at 10/01/00", if that matters.
> >
> >   TIA,
> >
> >                                         Jonny
> >
> > --
> > João Carlos Mendes Luís                 jonny@embratel.net.br
> >   Networking Engineer                   jonny@jonny.eng.br
> >  Internet via Embratel                        jcml@ieee.org
> >
> >
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