Hi Paul,
On 10/11/21 5:36 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
On 10/11/21 4:12 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
+If the initial value of
+.I tm_isdst
+is inconsistent with the one set by
+.BR mktime (),
+.I tm_hour
+(and possibly other fields)
+will be modified to normalize the time to the correct DST.
I don't see why this change is necessary. mktime normalizes all its
input fields: there's nothing special about tm_isdst and tm_hour.
If normalization isn't explained clearly enough elsewhere in the man
page, that explanation should be fixed; there shouldn't be special-case
wording that implies that this is the only special case.
Hmm, you're right. I think I was misled by the wording "if structure
members are outside their valid interval", which led me to think that
since 08h was between 0 and 23 it shouldn´t be affected, but the
normalization goes beyond that and interprets "valid range" as a more
general concept so that the full time has to correspond to a valid time
for a given timezone.
I'm not sure how to reword it. I'll keep it with the original text, and
keep thinking about it.
Thanks,
Alex
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Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/
