bug#19302: closed (24.4.51; `date-to-time' fails after 2038)

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> 24.4.51; `date-to-time' fails after 2038
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> Sun, 07 Dec 2014 20:58:36 -0500
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> The function `date-to-time' will fail if the argument if after
> 19-Jan-2038 03:14:07 GMT.
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> It doesn't seem documented everywhere (unless the 'Year 2038 problem' is
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> I don't think I can actually fix it. But I wrote a little patch to at
> least make it clear in the doc string.
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> >From c90da02532e7025d6f73f288244f487c77ab9538 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Gabriel Beauchamp <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 20:46:30 -0500
> Subject: [PATCH] calendar/time-date.el (date-to-time): Doc fix.
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>  lisp/ChangeLog             | 4 ++++
>  lisp/calendar/time-date.el | 4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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> diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
> index a1d60d1..30e704f 100644
> --- a/lisp/ChangeLog
> +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
> @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
> +2014-12-08  Gabriel Beauchamp <address@hidden>
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> +       * calendar/time-date.el (date-to-time): Doc fix.
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>  2014-12-07  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <address@hidden>
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>         * net/eww.el (eww-follow-link): Revert prefix behaviour to
> diff --git a/lisp/calendar/time-date.el b/lisp/calendar/time-date.el
> index e7a8cc7..4e67adc 100644
> --- a/lisp/calendar/time-date.el
> +++ b/lisp/calendar/time-date.el
> @@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ it is assumed that PICO was omitted and should be treated 
> as zero."
>  ;; values.  timezone-make-date-arpa-standard should help.
>  (defun date-to-time (date)
>    "Parse a string DATE that represents a date-time and return a time value.
> -If DATE lacks timezone information, GMT is assumed."
> +If DATE lacks timezone information, GMT is assumed.
> +If DATE is after 19-Jan-2038 03:14:07 GMT, `date-to-time' will fail
> +and raise an error."
>    (condition-case err
>        (apply 'encode-time (parse-time-string date))
>      (error
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> 1.8.3.2
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> Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
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> > I think it'll make more sense to open a new report if/when the need
> > shows up.
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> Thanks.  I'm therefore closing the bug now.
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> Best regards,
> Stefan Kangas
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