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Re: mktime() and invalid dates


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: mktime() and invalid dates
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:26:46 +0200
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Hermann Peifer <address@hidden> writes:

> mktime() doesn't seem to potest in case of invalid dates, e.g.
>
> gawk 'BEGIN{ print mktime("2010 03 32 25 61 61")
>              print mktime("2010 04 02 02 02 01")
> }'

This is documented:

     The values of these numbers need not be within the ranges
     specified; for example, an hour of -1 means 1 hour before midnight.

Andreas.

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