On 2018-07-08 00:02, Linus Torvalds wrote: > diff --git a/date.c b/date.c > index 49f943e25..4486c028a 100644 > --- a/date.c > +++ b/date.c > @@ -77,22 +77,16 @@ static struct tm *time_to_tm_local(timestamp_t time) > } > > /* > - * What value of "tz" was in effect back then at "time" in the > - * local timezone? > + * Fill in the localtime 'struct tm' for the supplied time, > + * and return the local tz. > */ > -static int local_tzoffset(timestamp_t time) > +static int local_time_tzoffset(time_t t, struct tm *tm) > { > - time_t t, t_local; > - struct tm tm; > + time_t t_local; > int offset, eastwest; > > - if (date_overflows(time)) > - die("Timestamp too large for this system: %"PRItime, time); > - > - t = (time_t)time; > - localtime_r(&t, &tm); > - t_local = tm_to_time_t(&tm); > - > + localtime_r(&t, tm); > + t_local = tm_to_time_t(tm); > if (t_local == -1) > return 0; /* error; just use +0000 */ > if (t_local < t) { > @@ -107,6 +101,20 @@ static int local_tzoffset(timestamp_t time) > return offset * eastwest; > } > [...] > + > const char *show_date(timestamp_t time, int tz, const struct date_mode *mode) > { > struct tm *tm; > + struct tm human_tm = { 0 }; > + int human_tz = -1; Is -1 an OK initial value for timezone if local_time_tzoffset returns negative values as well? It looks like it doesn't matter for from functional > static struct strbuf timebuf = STRBUF_INIT; > > if (mode->type == DATE_UNIX) { > @@ -202,6 +281,15 @@ const char *show_date(timestamp_t time, int tz, const struct date_mode *mode) > return timebuf.buf; > } > > + if (mode->type == DATE_HUMAN) { > + struct timeval now; > + > + gettimeofday(&now, NULL); > + > + /* Fill in the data for "current time" in human_tz and human_tm */ > + human_tz = local_time_tzoffset(now.tv_sec, &human_tm); > + } > + > if (mode->local) > tz = local_tzoffset(time); > -- Best regards, Andrei Rybak