[tz] mktime() clarification

[Tim Hitchins]

> I didn't expect my audience to be wilfully obtuse.

I didn't expect to receive insults on this mailing list. Please, keep your responses civil, and explain any mistakes in proposed solutions without resorting to personal attacks.

Tim
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From: tz <tz-bounces at iana.org> on behalf of Dag-Erling Smørgrav via tz <tz at iana.org>
Sent: 26 March 2024 01:53
To: brian.inglis--- via tz <tz at iana.org>
Subject: Re: [tz] mktime() clarification

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"brian.inglis--- via tz" <tz at iana.org> writes:
> It would be more informative to state the platform and compiler you
> used, show the results you got, and explain what you think it means.

I didn't expect my audience to be wilfully obtuse.  As I've already
stated and emphasized, POSIX does not guarantee or require that errno is
not modified by a successful call.  Given the input from my example,
tzcode will set errno to EOVERFLOW before returning successfully.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des at des.no

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