Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 09:25:12 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: mktime() & time_t
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On Tue, 21 May 2002, Alex Vinokur wrote:

> According to manual the mktime() function may return -1.
> On other hand time_t is unsigned int.
> 
> Is it consistent ?

Yes (you just get 0xffffffff).  Use (time_t)-1 for comparisons.