> > OK, I'm done now. Can you please try the latest gnulib mktime.c > and see whether it solves the problem on your platform?
I tested it, and mktime.exe no longer hangs for dates before 1970. $ ./mktime 1980-01-01 00:00:00 mktime returns 315529200 == 1980-01-01 00:00:00 yday 000 wday 2 isdst 0 $ ./mktime 1962-01-01 00:00:00 mktime returns -1 == 1962-01-01 00:00:00 yday 2293728 wday 2293560 isdst -1 mktime (0) yields (1962-01-01 00:00:00 yday 2293728 wday 2293560 isdst -1) == -1, should be -1 thanks for fixing it! benjamin
