bin/40278: mktime returns -1 for certain dates/timezones when it should normalize

[Marc Olzheim]

The following reply was made to PR bin/40278; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Marc Olzheim <marcolz at stack.nl>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, martin at bnc.ch
Cc: freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/40278: mktime returns -1 for certain dates/timezones when it should normalize
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 10:51:54 +0200

 With the testcode I put on
 http://www.stack.nl/~marcolz/FreeBSD/pr-bin-40278/40278.c I can
 reproduce it on FreeBSD 4.11:
 
 output on 4.11-STABLE
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 Init: mktime: 1014944400 Fri Mar  1 02:00:00 CET 2002
 1: mktime: 4294967295 Fri Apr  0 02:00:00 CET 2002
 
 Init: mktime: 1014944400 Fri Mar  1 02:00:00 CET 2002
 2a: mktime: 1017622800 Mon Apr  1 03:00:00 CEST 2002
 2b: mktime: 1017536400 Sun Mar 31 03:00:00 CEST 2002
 
 Init: mktime: 1014944400 Fri Mar  1 02:00:00 CET 2002
 3a: mktime: 1014858000 Thu Feb 28 02:00:00 CET 2002
 3b: mktime: 1017277200 Thu Mar 28 02:00:00 CET 2002
 ------
 
 But it is fixed on my FreeBSD 6.x and up systems:
 
 output on 6.3-PRERELEASE:
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 Init: mktime: 1014944400 Fri Mar  1 02:00:00 CET 2002
 1: mktime: 1017536400 Sun Mar 31 03:00:00 CEST 2002
 
 Init: mktime: 1014944400 Fri Mar  1 02:00:00 CET 2002
 2a: mktime: 1017622800 Mon Apr  1 03:00:00 CEST 2002
 2b: mktime: 1017536400 Sun Mar 31 03:00:00 CEST 2002
 
 Init: mktime: 1014944400 Fri Mar  1 02:00:00 CET 2002
 3a: mktime: 1014858000 Thu Feb 28 02:00:00 CET 2002
 3b: mktime: 1017277200 Thu Mar 28 02:00:00 CET 2002
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 So it looks like it has been fixed in the mean time and that this PR can
 be closed.
 
 Marc