Re: localtime should accept any positive time value

[Rein Klazes]

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:10:29 -0600, you wrote:
> - ULONGLONG time = *secs * (ULONGLONG)TICKSPERSEC + TICKS_1601_TO_1970;
> - /* time < 0 means a date before midnight of January 1, 1970 */
> - if (*secs < 0) return NULL;

I think the comment is incorrect: it should be *secs < 0;
> - if (st.wYear < 1970) return NULL;
> - if (st.wYear < 1970)
> - {
> - /* if this happens it means that the sequence above does something wrong */
> - FIXME("seconds since 1970 %ld => %d/%d/%d %02d:%02d:%02d\n", *secs,
> -
>       st.wDay, st.wMonth, st.wYear, st.wHour, st.wMinute, st.wSecond);
> - }

If *secs < 3600, in time zones on the western hemisphere it is still
1969.

Rein.