X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/4b48b6105049e9ef88ee538ea8f2cb2289c38089..d3e0ffbcd01cd6172234f9dc14f870ed6e1125cd:/src/png/Y2KINFO?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/src/png/Y2KINFO b/src/png/Y2KINFO index bf41676ffb..5d1f2f7ac9 100644 --- a/src/png/Y2KINFO +++ b/src/png/Y2KINFO @@ -1,29 +1,29 @@ Y2K compliance in libpng: ========================= - - January 13, 1999 - + + September 12, 2004 + Since the PNG Development group is an ad-hoc body, we can't make an official declaration. - - This is your unofficial assurance that libpng from version 0.81 and - upward are Y2K compliant. It is my belief that earlier versions were - also Y2K compliant. - + + This is your unofficial assurance that libpng from version 0.71 and + upward through 1.2.7 are Y2K compliant. It is my belief that earlier + versions were also Y2K compliant. + Libpng only has three year fields. One is a 2-byte unsigned integer that will hold years up to 65535. The other two hold the date in text format, and will hold years up to 9999. - + The integer is "png_uint_16 year" in png_time_struct. - + The strings are "png_charp time_buffer" in png_struct and "near_time_buffer", which is a local character string in png.c. - + There are seven time-related functions: - png_convert_to_rfc_1123() in png.c + png_convert_to_rfc_1123() in png.c (formerly png_convert_to_rfc_1152() in error) png_convert_from_struct_tm() in pngwrite.c, called in pngwrite.c png_convert_from_time_t() in pngwrite.c @@ -31,22 +31,25 @@ png_handle_tIME() in pngrutil.c, called in pngread.c png_set_tIME() in pngset.c png_write_tIME() in pngwutil.c, called in pngwrite.c - - All appear to handle dates properly in a Y2K environment. The + + All appear to handle dates properly in a Y2K environment. The png_convert_from_time_t() function calls gmtime() to convert from system clock time, which returns (year - 1900), which we properly convert to the full 4-digit year. There is a possibility that applications using libpng are not passing 4-digit years into the png_convert_to_rfc_1123() - function, or incorrectly passing only a 2-digit year instead of - "year - 1900" into the png_convert_from_struct_tm() function, but this - is not under our control. The libpng documentation has always stated - that it works with 4-digit years, and the APIs have been documented as - such. - + function, or that they are incorrectly passing only a 2-digit year + instead of "year - 1900" into the png_convert_from_struct_tm() function, + but this is not under our control. The libpng documentation has always + stated that it works with 4-digit years, and the APIs have been + documented as such. + The tIME chunk itself is also Y2K compliant. It uses a 2-byte unsigned integer to hold the year, and can hold years as large as 65535. - - + + zlib, upon which libpng depends, is also Y2K compliant. It contains + no date-related code. + + Glenn Randers-Pehrson libpng maintainer PNG Development Group