From f156eb53457a9e4e34c1b96f9e54eb130dffd8a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Arnold D. Robbins" <arnold@skeeve.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:21:22 +0300
Subject: Remove fatal error if strftime timestamp < 0.

---
 builtin.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'builtin.c')

diff --git a/builtin.c b/builtin.c
index dde3121c..7aeccd5f 100644
--- a/builtin.c
+++ b/builtin.c
@@ -1913,8 +1913,16 @@ do_strftime(int nargs)
 				lintwarn(_("strftime: received non-numeric second argument"));
 			(void) force_number(t2);
 			clock_val = get_number_si(t2);
-			if (clock_val < 0)
-				fatal(_("strftime: second argument less than 0 or too big for time_t"));
+			/*
+			 * 4/2015: This used to be here:
+			 *
+			 * if (clock_val < 0)
+			 *	fatal(_("strftime: second argument less than 0 or too big for time_t"));
+			 *
+			 * It is now disabled since some systems have strftime that works
+			 * on times before the epoch.  No arbritrary limits comes into
+			 * play at this point.
+			 */
 			fclock = (time_t) clock_val;
 			DEREF(t2);
 		}
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