diff src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/time.cc @ 11005:0de4eff677d6

use mktime module from gnulib
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:23:10 -0400
parents 89f4d7e294cc
children f6b7b6e5b8b8
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--- a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/time.cc	Mon Sep 20 20:39:56 2010 -0400
+++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/time.cc	Mon Sep 20 21:23:10 2010 -0400
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@
 
 %!error <Invalid call to mktime.*> mktime (1, 2, 3);
 
+%% These tests fail on systems with mktime functions of limited
+%% intelligence:
+%!assert (datestr (datenum (1969, 1, 1), 0), "01-Jan-1969 00:00:00")
+%!assert (datestr (datenum (1901, 1, 1), 0), "01-Jan-1901 00:00:00")
+%!assert (datestr (datenum (1795, 1, 1), 0), "01-Jan-1795 00:00:00")
+
 */
 
 DEFUN_DLD (strftime, args, ,