Re: mktime() and invalid dates

[Aharon Robbins]

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> Hi Arnold,
>
> 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")
> }'
> 1270166521
> 1270166521
>
>
> I am not sure if this is a bug or rather a feature.
>
> Hermann
>

Fixed in my development version (which might not yet be in CVS):

$ ./gawk 'BEGIN{ print mktime("2010 03 32 25 61 61")
>               print mktime("2010 04 02 02 02 01")
> }'
-1
1270162921

Thanks!

Arnold