> > > The correct thing to do instead of the #if defined (_AIX) would be to use
> > > something like #ifdef NO_NEGATIVE_MKTIME and set that with a configure.
> > ...Andreas, can you suggest a simple configure
> > test to be used?
> #include <time.h>
> int main()
> {
> struct tm tt, *tm=&tt;
> int i = -50000000;
> tm = localtime (&i);
> i = mktime (tm);
> if (i != -50000000) /* on AIX this check could also be (i == -1) */
> {
> printf("ERROR: mktime(3) does not correctly support datetimes before 1970\n");
> return(1);
> }
> }
On my Linux box, where the test passes, the compiler is happier if "i"
is declared as time_t. Any problem on other platforms if we change this?
- Thomas