struct tm tm2(tm);
time_t timet = mktime(&tm2);
- if ( timet == (time_t)(-1) )
+ if ( timet == (time_t)-1 )
{
- wxFAIL_MSG(_T("Invalid time"));
+ // mktime() rather unintuitively fails for Jan 1, 1970 if the hour is
+ // less than timezone - try to make it work for this case
+ if ( tm2.tm_year == 70 && tm2.tm_mon == 0 && tm2.tm_mday == 1 )
+ {
+ // add timezone to make sure that date is in range
+ tm2.tm_sec -= GetTimeZone();
+
+ timet = mktime(&tm2);
+ if ( timet != (time_t)-1 )
+ {
+ timet += GetTimeZone();
+
+ return Set(timet);
+ }
+ }
+
+ wxFAIL_MSG( _T("mktime() failed") );
return ms_InvDateTime;
}