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Subject: Re: mktime(01/01/70;00:00:XX)
From: richard AT stardate DOT bc DOT ca (Richard Sanders)
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>It seems to work, but when I give it low values of 1970, it returns -1
>, so I am afraid it is bad technique.


mktime yeils 0 when the time and date is set to 00:00hrs Jan 1st 1980, a lesser 
date has to produve an error.