2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib.c b/lib.c
index 8ffadc8c..5a65e6c7 100644
--- a/lib.c
+++ b/lib.c
@@ -9770,9 +9770,17 @@ val make_time(val year, val month, val day,
 
 #if HAVE_STRPTIME
 
+static struct tm epoch_tm(void)
+{
+  struct tm ep = { 0 };
+  ep.tm_year = 70;
+  ep.tm_mday = 1;
+  return ep;
+}
+
 val time_parse(val format, val string)
 {
-  struct tm tms = { 0 };
+  struct tm tms = epoch_tm();
   const wchar_t *w_str = c_str(string);
   const wchar_t *w_fmt = c_str(format);
   char *str = utf8_dup_to(w_str);
diff --git a/txr.1 b/txr.1
index be63e62b..a6065766 100644
--- a/txr.1
+++ b/txr.1
@@ -38756,6 +38756,16 @@ argument follows the same conventions as the POSIX
 C library function
 .codn strptime .
 
+Prior to obtaining the time from
+.meta format
+and
+.meta string
+the returned structure is created and initialized
+with a time which represents time 0 ("the epoch")
+if interpreted in the UTC timezone as by the
+.meta time-utc
+method.
+
 Note: the availability of
 .code time-parse
 depends on the availability of