Issue 0052.01: Should the mktime example use (time_t)-1 instead of -1?

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Authors: Paul Edwards, Project Editor (P.J. Plauger)
Date: 1993-03-21
Submitted against: C90
Status: Fixed
Fixed in: C90 TC1
Converted from: dr.htm, dr_052.html

In subclause 7.12.2.3, page 172, the example is not strictly conforming. The mktime return is compared against -1 instead of (time_t)-1, which could cause a problem with a strictly conforming implementation.

Comment from WG14 on 1997-09-23:

Correction

In subclause 7.12.2.3, page 172, line 16, change:

if (mktime(&time_str) == -1)

to:

if (mktime(&time_str) == (time_t)-1)