GNU bug report logs - #19799
Tangentally related to eww-mode Invalid Date bug just filed

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Matthew Carter <m <at> ahungry.com>

Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 08:31:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Matthew Carter <m <at> ahungry.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Tangentally related to eww-mode Invalid Date bug just filed
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 00:15:55 -0500

Excuse the new thread (just signed up to bug-gnu-emacs list, whereas I
filed the original bug via the report function).

I've pinpointed the eww-mode bug to an issue with #'date-to-time in
time-date.el.

It appears to be a manifestation of the Year 2038 problem and caused by
the fact that the cookie being sent has an expiration date beyond year
2038.

As it turns out, I am unable to reproduce the issue on a 64-bit machine
(it only happens on my 32-bit ones).

Would it be better to rework #'date-to-time to handle future dates in a
more graceful manner on 32-bit machines, or to have eww-mode ignore
triggers that cause it to parse dates it cannot handle?

-- 
Matthew Carter (m <at> ahungry.com)
http://ahungry.com
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