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Authored by des on Mar 26 2024, 3:37 AM.
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  • Mention that mktime() and timegm() set errno on failure.
  • Correctly determining whether mktime() / timegm() succeeded with arbitrary input (where -1 can be a valid result) is non-trivial. Document the recommended procedure.

PR: 277863
MFC after: 1 week

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des requested review of this revision.Mar 26 2024, 3:37 AM

Grammar and spelling LGTM. Correctness (or portability) of the recommended error-checking is beyond my ken.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Mar 26 2024, 3:44 AM
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LGTM

Correctness (or portability) of the recommended error-checking is beyond my ken.

Don't worry, I take full responsibility for that :)

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