Date: 06 Oct 1998 16:50:57 +0200 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Q <q@fan.net.au> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/8156: mktime does not set tm_wday Message-ID: <xzpzpb9hhgu.fsf@skejdbrimir.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Q's message of "Mon, 5 Oct 1998 07:00:00 -0700 (PDT)" References: <199810051400.HAA06697@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Q <q@fan.net.au> writes: > It's not a bug. Your using the struct incorrectly. Every call you make to > mktime() will be returning -1. You are effectively asking it for the year > 3899. Which can't be expresses using a time_t value. Change 'tm_year = > 1999' to 'tm_year = 99'. You should put your Y2K hat on if you plan to use > a 'struct tm' in your application. If you think tm_year poses a Y2K problem, you've got another think coming. Apart from that, your analysis is correct. I'm closing the PR. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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